Marijuana provides endless health benefits to people who use it. It does wonders from allowing people to relax to curing …show more content…
In fact, Stephen Downing, Los Angeles’ former Deputy Chief of Police says, "Our drug policy is really anti-public safety and pro-cartel, pro-street gang, because it keeps them in business." Marijuana is currently part of the black market providing business for gang members and other crime associated people. If marijuana become legal then all these gangs would go out of business. It is similar when we had the ban on alcohol. Once alcohol was legalized, Al Capone and many other gang members were out of business the next day . Also once marijuana is legalized, cops can focus on more serious crimes such as murders and burglaries. Rather than cuff a teenager with some weed on him, the police can actually go and save someone life. With the legalization of marijuana we can keep the streets