Should the Federal Government Legalize the use of Marijuana?

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Should the federal government legalize the use of marijuana?
In the recent times, there has been much argumentation on whether there should be legalization of marijuana. This argumentation has been running across states. The question remains on whether the federal government should legalize the use of marijuana. Whenever there is an argumentation of this kind of nature, it is always crucial to base the argumentation point on the effects of the question at hand. Therefore, it would be crucial to consider the effects that legalization of marijuana use would have. This can be done through assessing what effects have been there in the countries in which the marijuana has been legalized.
In the consideration of these issues, it would not be right for the federal government to legalize marijuana. There have been display of a kind of life that is not stable or admirable in the countries in which the marijuana use has been legalized. A good example is the kind of life of the Jamaicans as portrayed by Richards. When marijuana is legalized in a country, the effects of its usage penetrate the different dimensions of the life of the people. The social life gets affected such that the morals of the people may be very wanting. The economic way of the people is also affected in the sense that; the people start engaging in unworthy economic activities. However, there could be argumentation that there is good life associated with marijuana use following its legalization. This could be based on the high note kind of life especially in drinking and relaxation; but this depends on how one looks at it.
Richard (pp 3) notes that one can hardly move without a Jamaican asking for something to eat or for a shilling. When they beg for food they really mean it. Most of the people living around docks, the waterfront, and the wharves do not anywhere to sleep. In addition, most of the boys in Jamaica make a living by begging, guiding tourists around and selling souvenirs. As it is, these are not decent jobs. This kind of engagement can be attributed to the much usage of marijuana by the people of Jamaica even at tender age following legalization of the drug by the government. This orients to the negative impacts of legalization of marijuana. The federal government should learn from this and avoid legalization of this drug. Those affects emanate from the distortion of the workings of the brain by the drug. When the contents of marijuana get in the brain, they set one not to d the usual noble activities. This is what has led to the engagements to the indecent jobs by the young boys of Jamaica. The begging in Jamaica is said to be too much such that you cannot walk a few meters without someone begging for something to buy food from you. These are all effects of marijuana usage, whi...