Legalizing Marijuana

I choose the topic legalizing marijuana because I just finished a civil rights and liberties project about it and found some interesting facts that I would like to explore furthur in this post. Although in my project I was against the legalization of marijuana because I was taught that it is morally wrong, during my research I found several reasons to legalize it. I was shocked by the statistics of how many people use it. Also, did you know more people will die from drinking and smoking ciggerettes every year? Guess how many people died from smoking marijuana last year..none! This also reminds me of the movie we watched, I.O.U.S.A. If our country is trillions of dollars in debt why not make money off of something that a large majority of people already do? In conclusion my opinion about the legalization of marijuana drastically changed.