No, and increase penalties for non-violent drug offenders

In support of bodily autonomy and due to the fact that marijuana is a less harmful substance than alcohol, and actually proven to decrease symptoms of physical (Parkinson's) and mental (anxiety) conditions, it should be federally legalized.

US prisons are flooded with non-violent offenders. The war on drugs is a war on people; prison and felony records turn people into criminals with no other recourse.

Drugs aren’t a bad thing, “the war on drugs” has long since died out, it was started based on misinformation, marijuana is and should be considered an alternative to medicine. People gave new age healing a chance, give marijuana a chance. It’s for the betterment of mankind.

marijuana is a safe substance. it, increases appetite, helps with chronic illnesses, and releases seratonin

If penalties are increased on non violent offenders particularly penalties that lead to longer prison sentences then non violent criminals could become violent and be more likely to commit crime
Also increasing penalties could make it harder for non violent offenders to get a job which means More unemployed citizens because of increasing penalties on a drug that should be regulated not illegal

its not affecting anyone if you smoke or not. penalties for maryjane should not be increased either cause its recreational its not a hard drug people shouldnt be jailed for it unless they plan to distribute in which they could be fines but not jailed

There are more harmful drugs than marijuana. Marijuana should be legal. Alcohol has a worse effect on people than marijuana. Violence happens more with alcohol than marijuana. Alcohol should be illegal and marijuana should be legal.

The strongest argument for Congress to end federal marijuana prohibition finds its roots in the far reaching harms and disparities

Three popular arguments in favor of legalizing adult cannabis use are: that its adverse health effects are modest compared with those of other licit and illicit drugs; that criminal penalties for cannabis use harm users and the community; and that legalization enables cannabis to be better regulated and taxed.

why, marijuana is shown to already be a way to cure many problems when used medically whats the pain in letting people use it without needing a doctors not

my brain is breaking reading that, but i guess i think legizallie it? im not sure i dont under all of that

I don’t think non violent offenders should be punished harder than violent offenders. It should be a case by case basis depending on the situation in that persons life.

It is a plant , unless you are too high while driving or creating a issue in our word , I dont see a problem with marijuana

Marijuana use does not cause violence if anything lowers violence and these laws are more targeted towards low income areas

marijuna never killed anyone , unlike other hard drugs like fetynol or meth which are real hard and bad drugs unlike marijuana .

Marijuana keeps some peoples lives together, it has plenty health benefits and is more on the side of a "harmless" drug.

I live in Maryland and for some stupid, retarded reason people are allowed to smoke it, even in neighborhoods. Marijauna is stinky as heck, people who use marijuana in public are inconsiderate a**holes who need to be locked away from society until they learn to not force others to have to suffer from their actions of smoking pot.

Marijuana clouds your judgement and causes harm to the brain. If there are increased penalties people are more likely to not use it.

Not only is increasing penalties for NON-VIOLENT drug offenses ludicrous, but it shows the offenders and the American people that we are anti-drugs. If we take that stance, we might as well get rid of all the other drugs doctors use to save lives. We need to show the country that we understand people sometimes need treatment and help, they don’t deserve judgment for something that might be out of their control.

Marijuana users are not a high risk to society. Enforcement has been used as a tool to oppress specific people groups in the past.