MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

Marijuana Legalization

Marijuana Legalization

Introduction

There are two parts to the legalization argument. The first component is moral; the second component is its consequentialist or utilitarian component. The moral component argues that prohibition is unjust and discriminatory a policy that unfairly and tragically persecutes innocent parties. The consequentialist component argues that, as measured by any conceivable, widely agreed-on, concrete standard, criminalization does more harm than good. In contrast, they state that legalization, would do more good than harm, and would represent a vast improvement over the current policy (Earlywine, 2002).

Statistics

As has been the case throughout the 1990s, the overwhelming majority of those charged ...