If Weed should be legal

In a in time where alcohol and tobacco products, are available to millions, even though they are restricted by age, one has to wonder why there is such controversy about the use marijuana. There are many arguments on both sides of this hotly debated issue. Nonetheless, marijuana is no more harmful than alcohol and tobacco products and in some cases, marijuana has been proven to be medicinally helpful. Marijuana, a plant with many uses, should be legalized for crime deterrence, medicinal help and tax purposes. Marijuana is, in truth, no more harmful than currently sold alcohol and tobacco products. Studies have indicated that the toxins in tobacco and that alcohol are addictive. Fighting addictions, added to the cost of fighting cancer, has skyrocketed the amount of money spent and suffering people have gone through for decades. Studies do not, however, indicate that marijuana is a “gateway drug,” one that causes addiction (“Legalization Report,” Http://www.geocities.com/marinol...