I think that making marijuana (Cannabis) legal makes a lot of sense in a time when tobacco and alcohol products are available to citizens all the time when the right age. Sometimes I question why there is such argument about the thought of making marijuana legal. Legalizing the sale of cannabis could do a lot of good for the economy is facilitating more jobs in the United States. The legal sale of Cannabis could be a positive thing for the government with a tax on the sale of it. For a drug such as Cannabis to be illegal I would think it should have more harmful causes than helpful. Of course, as with any kind of change you have arguments for both sides on way it should be approved. I think it has more positive than negative effects.
Nonetheless, marijuana does less harm than tobacco and alcohol products. In some cases I have seen marijuana be medically helpful. The benefit with using marijuana for medical reason is, it alleviates the pain, and calms them down so they can appreciate the rest of their life. For these terminally ill patients the marijuana also makes them enjoyable and happy to be around. Marijuana should be made legal for several reasons. Some of those reasons are medical, tax benefits for the government and it would remove the need for to illegally sale it and would reduce crime rates. Marijuana does less damage to a person’s body than the currently sold tobacco and alcohol products already sold in the U.S. In fact sucking Helium causes more damage to your brain then smoking a joint (http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/blog). Each year more and more money is being disbursed on medical issues coming from the consumption of tobacco and alcohol drugs. Several different studies show that the ingredients in alcohol and tobacco can cause problems during and after pregnancy, are addictive, and cause several numerous types
