Legalization of Marijuana Legalization of Marijuana has quickly become a controversial issue in America. In the United States, legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes is spreading to the state level. For example, in November 1996, the people of California and Arizona voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal reasons. As a result of Proposition 215 in California, patients now smoke marijuana provided their physician recommends its usage. A prescription is not required, and marijuana continues to be illegal …showed first 75 words of 607 total…

…showed last 75 words of 607 total…large group of politicians who remain split between the two contradicting sides. Studies should also be conducted through governmental funding on those people in California and Arizona currently using marijuana for medicinal purposes. These studies should be compared to studies of similar patients not using marijuana to cure the different medical problems. Until further formal research is done into the side effects, and chemical, and biologically processes of marijuana, it should remain illegal to use.