Marijuana Should be legal.

The article I chose to read was about David Frum's view on judicial punishments for marijuana use use. I chose to respond to this article because i have strong opinions on the way narcotics should be handled for recreational use and CNN is the easiest way to find these opinions. The view of the article proposes the charges for marijuana be lessened but keep it illegal. He states that it is unfair that tobacco and alcohol are legal but not pot. Marijuana being illegal creates illegal markets which creates organized crime.

I agree that the sentencing for pot use should go down but I would prefer a drop of charges all together.  I believe that people need to be responsible for their actions weather they are drunk, high, or sober all the same. I think most all of narcotics should be legal for the individual of age to choose if he wants to use them or not and that the person alone should be responsible for their actions. This way the FDA can actually monitor these drugs and make them even safer for the public who would use them legally or not and educate the public before use. Things like synthetic marijuana that can be more harmful will become less popular. Organized crime would go down as people can now use them within the confines of the law. People in my opinion should be able to treat their bodies to what ever the person chooses as long as they are responsible. They should always self educate themselves of the risks and rewards.


CNN a Marijuana oppinion