Legalization Of Marijuana

Title	Legalization Of Marijuana
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Legalization of  Marijuana

Legalization of  Marijuana

     One debate that keeps coming up time and again is the topic of the
legalization of marijuana.  Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug.
Nearly one in three teenagers have at least tried marijuana by the time they
graduate high school.  It is also gets the most publicity for its legalization.
Over thirty pro-legalization organizations have been displayed on the Internet
alone.  The legalization of marijuana , although popular by today's drug culture,
would be a very  dangerous and detrimental act for the United States to take
part in.  Not only would it destroy families, but would also lead to the fall of
our economy.

     Pro-legalization organization argue the fact that legalization would
result in the decrease of crime rates in our cities and towns, but in actuality
almost eighty-two percent of all violent crime that involves drugs don't involve
marijuana.  The fact remains that crime would still inhabit the streets if
marijuana was to be legalized.  The organizations base there theory on the
success that the Netherlands has had with reduction of crime due to the wide-
spread legalization of marijuana.  The differences between New Amsterdam and the
United States is great due to a different structured economy and different
cultures.  This differences would prove to be the reason for their success and
the United States failure.

     Legalization would also be very dangerous to the economy.  The United
States economy is a rather shaky one.  The introduction of such a huge industry
would be enough to crash our country into a depression.  The market for
marijuana would be very extensive.  Between the marketing of marijuana and
profit from taxes would generate would be too much for the United States to
endure in.  The...

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