There are some dumb reasons out there for legalizing marijuana but after reading some other blogs I have found a lot of legitimate reasons.
I never thought about the problem regarding teens smoking pot as an issue for legalization. If legalized of course there will be some under aged smoking just like what happens with alcohol, but there will be less high school drug dealers because as of right now there aren't any beer dealers in high school that I know of. One third of 16-17 year old kids say that marijuana is easy to buy now, and that it is actually much harder at that age to acquire alcohol.
Another thing I wouldn't have thought of before is the fact that violent drug dealers make a lot of their money off marijuana and use it as a gateway drug. With the legalization of marijuana, people will not have to search out these violent drug dealers who can urge them to test these more dangerous and more addictive substances.
California is also in need of jobs. Following the recession, California needs this potentially 14 billion dollar cash crop to open up a huge job market which can turn the state's financial situation around. It will also help some who do smoke marijuana keep their jobs. Some great workers have been fired regardless of their excellent work due to a company's random drug screenings
I agree with the fact that you said most kids can get weed easier than alcohol. I can vouche for that becasue i know that if you walk around my highschool you could ask a minimum of 5 people and somebody would have something to sell.
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