Should Marijuana Be Legalized? Marijuana, also known as weed, pot, grass, bud, trees and many other street slang words, should not under any circumstances be legalized due to the negative effects it has on society. It can and would destroy society with time if it were legal, in other words easier to get. Marijuana may not seem so bad but when looked at carefully anyone can clearly see the negative sides to it. Marijuana is …showed first 75 words of 478 total…

…showed last 75 words of 478 total…it is ok to do it. Just like when it comes to being allowed to drink at twenty-one. Everyone thinks that it is ok to drink at twenty-one, just because that is the legal drinking age our government set. So why won’t children think that it is ok to smoke marijuana especially if it is legal. They will simply compare it to alcohol and definitely cigarettes, since the legal age on cigarettes is eighteen.