It ranges from parents, to grandparents, and even people who have major influence in today 's world. Barack Obama, our current president, once stated that he tried marijuana (Rosenberg A.1). If marijuana was as bad as everyone makes it to be then he wouldn’t be our president. 53% of United states citizens of age believe that legalization would be good for the country (Wyatt). Even though it is a very small majority there are still more people for it than against it. In America everyone is told that majority rules and that’s how it works. Not only do people want it legal for them to use but also because they understand how much money it costs to keep it illegal. In 2010 10,343 arrests were made for marijuana possession. It costs taxpayers estimated $38 million in incarceration, police, judicial, and legal expenses. That doesn 't even include losses to individual arrests
It ranges from parents, to grandparents, and even people who have major influence in today 's world. Barack Obama, our current president, once stated that he tried marijuana (Rosenberg A.1). If marijuana was as bad as everyone makes it to be then he wouldn’t be our president. 53% of United states citizens of age believe that legalization would be good for the country (Wyatt). Even though it is a very small majority there are still more people for it than against it. In America everyone is told that majority rules and that’s how it works. Not only do people want it legal for them to use but also because they understand how much money it costs to keep it illegal. In 2010 10,343 arrests were made for marijuana possession. It costs taxpayers estimated $38 million in incarceration, police, judicial, and legal expenses. That doesn 't even include losses to individual arrests