ter those individuals 17 and under. As for potency, drug traffickers would find ways to make their dope better than that legally allowed (Claim I 1-2). No matter what the government does to either help or appease the problem, it’s not going to go away. And other people would find ways to get their buck out of it too.Legalization of marijuana would also lead to increased use and addiction. When the United States legalized alcohol and tobacco use it sent out a message to the people that it is something that is okay. Now, after long hours of research, the population knows that they aren’t okay and they aren’t good for you. “There are over 50 million nicotine addicts, 18 million alcoholics or problem drinkers, and fewer than 2 million cocaine addicts in the United States. Cocaine is a much more addictive drug than alcohol. If cocaine were legally available, as alcohol and nicotine are now, the number of cocaine abusers would probably rise to … perhaps 20 to 25 million” (Claim III 1). Alaska tried to legalize marijuana, saying that the state could not interfere with a person’s possession of marijuana in his home for personal use. Because of this ruling, many Alaskans took it as a signal to “light up”, especially the younger ones even though the ruling was for those persona over nineteen years of age. The University of Alaska did a study on it and concluded that the state’s 12 to 17-year-olds used marijuana at more than twice the national average for their age group. As a result, the residents of Alaska voted to recriminalize the possession of marijuana. For them, they believed that increased use was too high a price to pay for increased personal liberties. One of the United States’ 50 states has already tried to legalize it, and it turned out to be a failure. The people said it was a failure. With this knowledge the United States shouldn’t try to impose failure on the re...
