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This paper argues that Marijuana (read drugs) should be legalized.

which are drugs that the law has been able to regulate. Further, it is contended that the use of marijuana is immoral just like it is for alcohol and tobacco and therefore should be criminalized (Wilson & Desre, 2001). In addition, the fact that the use of marijuana is sometimes associated with violent behavior makes a case for its continued prohibition. Opponents of legalization have also used comparative examples to prove their point. For instance, it is contended that most countries in Europe have dubbed in legalization while it is in no way the best option (European Monitoring Centre, 2008). Alaska is said to have quickly moved to re-prohibit drugs following earlier decriminalization. The reversal was necessitated by an abnormal rise in youth abuse of drugs as compared to the country at large.

The anti-legalization arguments are however easy to discount. For one, over three decades of the war on drugs is a period long enough to show that prohibition of drugs has not worked, at least in the U.S. The way forward would be to legalize and then regulate how they are used. Netherlands is an example where legalization has served to reduce addiction rate to considerable levels. Moreover,

 

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