Should Marijuana be Legalized?

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Korawn Harris

A lot of people agreed that marijuana should be legalized, but everyone had their own opinion about it. Tameka Jones a senior, International Business major at FSU was very vocal when asked the question. She began talking about how marijuana is the reason most of her friends in her hometown of DC is arrested. She said emphatically, "The police could concern themselves with other things instead of something as petty as weed!" Brian Harris who heard Tameka's emotion agreed with her, but had his own ideas about it. He is also a junior at FSU, but he was looking at it from a business perspective. He is an Accounting major, and his first words were, "We wouldn't have to worry about this recession". He feels like if marijuana was legalized, the government could add high taxes to the prices and this would help our society with it's debt. Rashida Reid wasn't as sure as the first two  students because she feels like marijuana affects some people judgement. She like the first two is a native of DC and like Brian, she is an Accounting major at FSU. After thinking about it for a while she said, "It isn't hurting anybody". She feels like everyone smokes marijuana, so it should be legal. They all believe that just like alcohol, it is everyones decision to use it or not.