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Legalize It "Making Drugs illegal has not diminished the American appetite for these substances" (Drug Trial 65). America's "War on Drugs" which make the recreational use of marijuana illegal is not working. In the initial stages of marijuana prohibition Americans resorted to going to other means of getting what they hunger and what they were used to before the prohibition. In this time of prohibition gangs and other illegal organizations have used this hunger to their advantage. Marijuana prohibition has led to larger percentage of organized crime and gang violence. Is this what America wants as an outcome of the War on Drugs? Marijuana should be legalized because current drug laws are not working, it has medical uses, crime rate will decrease, and the War on Terror can be won if marijuana is legalized. Many opposers to legalization argue that if marijuana was legal then crime rate will increase, much more car accidents would occur, marijuana use would lead to more harsher drug use, and that marijuana has no medicinal value. Most of these arguments are myths and have never been scientifically proven. In many scientific studies and surveys most of these have been proven to be wrong. American drug laws a