The article, found here, is about a new law in Mexico aimed at decriminalizing marijuana in Mexico City. In addition, a new law on the federal level was also introduced that would allow for medicinal marijuana.
I support legalization of marijuana especially in violence-infested countries like Mexico. This is a step in the right direction towards total legalization. Legalization will likely decrease the amount of violence in Mexico by some degree and will certainly decrease the the incarceration rate of people in Mexico, thus freeing precious resources to be used in other, more useful areas such as education. Education will lead to less violence and lower drug usage rates overall which is immanently desirable.
I disagree with your stance. While legalizing marijuana might lower the violence and lead to less incarcerations, I think it can greatly harm society in other areas. By legalizing it, more people will try it. It could cause poorer performance in schools and at work which could hurt the economy. I believe that marijuana can ruin lives and that the long term effects of legalizing it outweigh the positives.
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ReplyDelete"By legalizing it, more people will try it." There is a whole post about why that is not necessarily the case.
"It could cause poorer performance in schools and at work which could hurt the economy." Marijuana will still be illegal for minors, and companies can still reserve the right to fire employees for poor performance. So, those two points are in-effect off-topic,
"I believe that marijuana can ruin lives and that the long term effects of legalizing it outweigh the positives." Marijuana could certainly ruin lives, but the permanent juridical stain upon one's identity - the stain that disables one from getting a job (as easily), that segues one into a role of second class citizenship, that indentures one to live in confinement for far too long - is what truly ruins lives.