The Legalization of Marijuana

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The topic of the debate is the legalization of marijuana. Many states have began to pass legislature on the use and sales of marijuana, whether is medicinal or for recreational usage. In 1972, the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have "no accepted medical use." At the present time there are 20 states plus the District of Columbia that has legalized the sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Those states are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington State (procon.org)
There are two states that legalized marijuana for personal use, they are Colorado and Washington State.( wikipedia.org). The argument that has been a tremendous topic for quite some time now is whether legalizing marijuana is a good idea. There are those for it and those that are oppose to it. Both sides have valid points and have fought hard to have their sides heard and approved. Some have been accepted and some have been denied, but he issue is a very interesting and common topic in voting poles and conversationalist all over the United States of America.
In this debate both sides will argue whether the topics of whether marijuana should be legal for medicinal and or personal usage. Those that are pro usage will argue the benefits of legalizing marijuana, and those that are opposed to the legalization of marijuana will argue that benefits of not legalizing marijuana in the United States of America at this time.
While both sides have very valid points and will have compelling arguments to persuade and sometimes manipulate the audi...

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...e. There has not been any data saying that alcohol is safer and to answer why it legal and marijuana is not if the cons are saying that it produces just as much fatalities and disruption in the public.
The country is in a deficit and if $10 million can be saved and jobs can be created by the opening of stores and the additional agencies that will have to police and monitor the marijuana, it seems as though the legalization would be good for the American government and its citizens.

Works Cited

http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_States http://norml.org/ http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/ Cancer Facts & Figures 2013 http://marijuanatoday.com/pros.php http://www.calmca.org/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/marijuana-a-major-cause-of-accidents-what-study-says/

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