Marijuana is a very popular substance used daily by plenty of people in New York City. It’s no longer shocking when one asks “hey, do you want to burn?” It has become a regular routine for people because it seems to soothe people and give them a high like nothing else would. Marijuana does indeed cause short-term memory loss and alters the mindstate, but I believe that you make the decision on your own, “pick your poison.”Â
    Legalizing marijuana would definitely decrease the amount of people that get arrested daily. Marijuana isn’t hurting anyone but the person that’s smoking it. Arresting someone for smoking marijuana is just so silly to me; there are so many more important things to worry about in New York City, like the daily robberies, murders, etc.
    Looking from the other vantage point, if marijuana was legalized, plenty of people would become addicted to it and they would smoke it crazy numbers of times a day. Another point was also presented by a friend, Zane, as to why marijuana should not be legalized in New York City. Companies, like Newport and Marlboro, would take over the “industry” and most likely raise the price of marijuana since it’d be such a hot commodity, just like cigarettes (~$8/pack). And in the end, you would’ve been better off buying it from a local drug dealer.Â
Which is better? Legalizing marijuana and possibly paying more for it OR keeping it illegal, with the possibility of getting caught and arrested for smoking it?