Top Ten Reasons Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized in the United States

This is true. I have seen first-hand how detrimental alcohol can be. If alcohol, which has been a major factor in abuse, deaths, etc., can be legal, then marijuana should be.

Marijuana is used to relieve people's stress and pain (physical or emotional). No one has overdosed on marijuana. This has been proven to be safer than alcohol.

Alcohol makes people beat their wives, throw up, and puke in parking lots. Weed makes people relax, laugh, and eat.

Yeah, shrooms, LSD, marijuana, and pretty much any psychedelic are a lot safer than alcohol.

You maintain self-control, but food tastes better, music sounds better, movies are better, everything is funnier, your thoughts run wild. There is nothing bad about being high.

One of the best feelings you can ever have and it's totally safe. It's crazy that it is still not legal in most states.

It is a very useful medicine for people with depression and anxiety, among many other uses.

You can't overdose, and you can't die from it. More people die from tobacco and alcohol by far.

This is true. Hitler's birthday is on this day along with the Columbine massacre. Let's allow this day to represent something good, too.

True, states that have legalized marijuana make it much harder for other states to keep weed out.

Exactly. People use marijuana to relieve themselves from pain. It makes them happy. It is not nearly as dangerous as alcohol.

We should be able to make our own decisions regarding what occurs to our bodies.

If you are allowed to kill fetuses, then I should be allowed to smoke a bowl and listen to Pink Floyd!

It's usually used for pain and emotional reasons, so why is it illegal?

The government doesn't own it, they didn't make it themselves. So who are they to try and stop everyone from enjoying it?