It’s no secret that marijuana is frowned upon by the federal government. Even though the states have decided that they want to regulate marijuana their own way, there are still plenty of federal raids and other injustices that plague the cannabis community. The war on drugs is not working and it is never going to work. There is simply too much to do and not enough to gain from it. If we really want to end problems with marijuana, it sim ply needs to be legalized. Facts About Drug Arrests Our police force puts too many people in jail for small amounts of drugs. The money that goes in to housing them and keeping them out of the public for their sentence far outweighs what is gained by the community. These are simple facts, and yet no one has changed them still to this day. A recent FBI report said that someone is arrested for marijuana every 42 seconds in our country. This is absolutely disgusting, why is there such a focus on this harmless and recreational drug. To make matters worse, 87% percent of all marijuana related arrests in 2011 were only for possession. About a million and a half total drug arrests took place in 2011 in the United States. That means one person was arrested for drugs every 21 seconds. This ridiculous numbers are evidence that...