The "War on Drugs" has been fighting a tough opponent over the past few decades. Aimed at cutting down on drug use and sales, this "war" has brought many negative side effects along with it. Aside from limiting the freedoms of millions of Americans, The War on Drugs has caused many more problems while also managing to fail at drug deterrence and distribution. Since many citizens already back the legalization of marijuana, as demonstrated by Oakland's passing of Measure Z, which makes marijuana related offenses the "lowest priority" to Oakland law enforcement officials (Hill 2004), marijuana should be legalized.

First off, marijuana isn't even that bad of a drug. It is a plant ally and hasn't been proven to do any major harm. Many patients are prescribed medical marijuana for their own personal use to relieve pain. The label on a bottle that contained legally prescribed marijuana says, "To...