Decriminalization of Marijuana.
Marijuana is a drug that comes in many forms and strains. The decriminalization of marijuana could have outstanding effects on our country. Decriminalization is to make something no longer a criminal act but was marijuana always illegal. The benefits of decriminalization are double to triple the negatives of decriminalization. Four groups of people would be hurt by this. You may be wondering can this be regulated by government. The answer may shock you but California already has it well regulated. I believe it best we decriminalize it when the time is right and some states are already seeing that the time is right. We can’t talk about why something needs to be decriminalized without first discussing why it was criminalized in the first …show more content…
A majority of those arrested by this law are african american and latino communities and with the decriminalization of marijuana voters of these communities will have a more positive outlook of our party and or state. The younger generation also known as millienials are the majority consumers of marijuana. Decriminalizing marijuana will likely win many points in the younger demographic. Legalizing would give the medical community much easier access to research the effects of marijuana on different diseases, disorders, and microscopic life. Those are all the known pros to legalizing it so now we will talk about the cons. Our government would have to regulate it as unregulated marijuana would just result in criminals not being afraid of getting caught and could lead to dangerous variants of the drug capable of doing real harm. It should be regulated the same way beer and cigarettes are regulated. People who view drugs as truly bad would see this as negative. Drug testing at workplaces would become complicated and probably a legal matter due