According to NORML.org, the penalty for possession of marijuana is punishable by up to one year in jail and a minimum fine of $1,000 for a first conviction. For a college student, or anybody who is a habitual marijuana user, this offense could adversely affect someone’s whole life, and for trivial reasons. Many of my close friends and family members partake in the use of marijuana and it would pain me to see one of them ruin their lives just for possessing any amount of it. The criminalization of marijuana is one of the most significant problems we face in modern society. There’s no respectable justification as to why marijuana and its users should be proscribed and viewed so negatively by society. With legalization of cannabis in America would come greater government revenue and a refocused law enforcement agency; the benefits of ratification outweigh the costs completely.
As told by Dr. Malik Burnett and Amanda Reiman from drugpolicy.org, in the early 1900’s after the American Revolution, there was an influx of Mexican immigrants …show more content…
In reality, according to drugpolicy.org, “national surveys show us that substance use is common among high school students and most young people accept it as part of teenage social life”. We were all young once and know the reality of being a teenager; there will always be a curiosity when it comes to unknown substances and experimentation is bound to happen. Making these substances illegal has never stopped them in the past, and won’t in the future either. There will always be a demand for substances like marijuana and alcohol, especially among high school and college students, merely for the sheer mystique of not knowing what they’re like. Young people will always find a way to access what they want and this number won’t surge just because of marijuana being
As told by Dr. Malik Burnett and Amanda Reiman from drugpolicy.org, in the early 1900’s after the American Revolution, there was an influx of Mexican immigrants …show more content…
In reality, according to drugpolicy.org, “national surveys show us that substance use is common among high school students and most young people accept it as part of teenage social life”. We were all young once and know the reality of being a teenager; there will always be a curiosity when it comes to unknown substances and experimentation is bound to happen. Making these substances illegal has never stopped them in the past, and won’t in the future either. There will always be a demand for substances like marijuana and alcohol, especially among high school and college students, merely for the sheer mystique of not knowing what they’re like. Young people will always find a way to access what they want and this number won’t surge just because of marijuana being