Commentary on "Legalize It!"

Here is what I posted on Kash's Article regarding the legalization of marijuana.

I agree on your point of view and believe that marijuana should become legal Texas. Mainly because I believe that the state is spending too much money on holding so called criminals, whose only real crime is smoking marijuana. This will make the Texas economy richer, as seen in the emerald triangle of California. 2/3 of the economy there comes from the marijuana sales and I think many people will be able to benefit from this. This will also help the war on drugs somewhat, since the government will focus on prosecuting individuals who smuggle much more dangerous drugs, such as cocaine.

The one negative I do see to this is that a lot of teens will try to go for more of a high from drugs such as cocaine, and heroin because they do not find marijuana to do anything for them anymore. I think that you only took into account the immediate consequences of legalizing marijuana and did not look ahead into what other issues could arise from it. In the end I think that legalizing it would do more good than the harm that people think it is actually doing. People need to be more informed about weed and new test should be done to see if it is really such a detrimental drug to someone’s health.

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