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Why We Should Marijuana Be Illegal

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Junior Research Paper; Marijuana should be legal
If marijuana is so “awful” to be illegal in some states, why would alcohol or cigarettes be any better, Should alcohol and cigarettes be illegal too? Excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost. Cigarettes have some of the same negative effects and some that are far worse. Marijuana should be legal throughout the country for both medical and recreational use. Marijuana has many medical benefits, it can be used as a food source. So if cannabis has these benefits, why would it be illegal?
Marijuana has been around for about 12,000 years, it originated in central Asia from that, marijuana spread to the middle east and soon hit Europe. It was …show more content…

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