Should marijuana be legal in Pennsylvania?

One of the many current hot-button topics in the state of Pennsylvania is the controversy over the legalization of marihuana. While many people argue against the legalization of recreational and even medicinal marijuana because of its negative stigma of having been considered a harmful and seriously addictive drug for many decades, there are simply too many advantages to having legalized marijuana to not support it.

According to Medical Marijuana: Pros and Cons, the use of medical marijuana, or cannabis oil, has been found to be effective in treating symptoms of many debilitating diseases, of which AIDS, multiple sclerosis, pain glaucoma, epilepsy, and cancer are just a few (medicalmarijuan.procon.org). Some more pros and cons of the legalization of medical marijuana can be found here. Another article that offers a look into those lives who medical marijuana could greatly improve is this one. According to the Evening Sun, the lives of countless children who suffer from epilepsy-caused seizures could be improved once allowed to begin taking cannabis oil as a medicine (eveningsun.com). The legalization of marijuana could also hold other benefits for the country. According to Halcyon Organics, the economic benefits of legalizing recreational marijuana are numerous. Not only will national revenue increase from any tax levied onto the sale of the product, but many economists insist it will also severely cut down on illegal dealers of the drug (halcyonorganics.com/). This video elaborates on many of the economic benefits of legalizing marijuana.