Cannabis Legalization

I apologize if I am not completely clear on this for this is my first debate on this website. The way I see it is if no one is getting hurt from it then why not legalize it? My side is of this is Pro marijuana/Cannabis all the way. Cannabis=Marijuana(i don't understand the confusion it all still comes from the same plant). There has never and never will be a documented case of marijuana overdose. Marijuana has been used for millennia since 7000 B.C. Alcohol prohibition didn't work so why would the cannabis prohibition work? Marijuana prohibition is a waste of our hard earned tax money. If marijuana was legalized our government would save Billions. Marijuana isn"t harmful if used correctly, it"s not lethal, and most of all there is a plethora of uses for it medically. You would have to smoke 20,000 to 40,000 more than normal which is an obscene amount. and if you get medicated and fall asleep chances are when you wake up your not medicated anymore so these drug testing laws do more bad than good too since many lose their jobs to this. There is absolutely no good reason to prohibit marijuana; Americans deserve the freedom to choose what they want as long as they aren"t hurting anyone. Marijuana is not for everybody. There are many drugs that are more dangerous than marijuana. Some of these drugs are Alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, acetaminophen, and synthetic marijuana. Synthetic marijuana is an abomination to society it actually kills people. If marijuana was legalized these deaths would decrease. A lot of teens and young adults resort to doing these still legal alternative drugs that are dangerous because they can say "well it"s legal so it"s okay right?" No it"s not okay its harmful and the prohibition is responsible. The already illicit drug use will decrease too because people can use marijuana instead which again never killed anyone. Marijuana prohibition also has led to many deaths just for possessing it plus its responsible for the prisons" ever rising population. It costs taxpayers $30,000 per year to throw someone that just had marijuana on them in jail. Its a failure and a waste of money. Here"s something from one of my sources: "Regulating marijuana like alcohol would put street dealers out of business, would make marijuana dealers pay taxes, and would restrict sales to adults only. Prohibition does not make it difficult for teenagers to obtain marijuana. Tougher marijuana laws have not reduced marijuana use. Marijuana use has increased every single year since 1991." Many people like myself grew up being forced into D.A.R.E.(drug abuse resistance education) and ever learned anything about the drugs because they are illegal its hard for people to learn real facts. All they did was teach us to be repulsed by them. My point is people need to be educated so they know what they should and shouldn't do making it illegal doesn't help it at all. In the early 1900s the people had a problem with Mexican immigrants; marijuana was brought with them. The revolution in Mexico in 1910 spilled over the border, between General Pershing's army and bandit Pancho Villa. Later in that decade, negativity towards the Mexican immigrants developed between the small farmers and the large farms that used cheaper Mexican labor. Then, the Great Depression came and increased that negativity toward the Mexicans as jobs and welfare resources became scarce. one of the main differences was the marijuana that they brought with them. It was through this that California had passed the first state law outlawing the "preparations of hemp, or loco weed." and because the Mormons went to Mexico in 1910 they came back with marijuana and the churches didn't like it . In Texas, the senator said on the floor of the Senate: "All Mexicans are crazy, and this stuff is what makes them crazy." This may have had an influence on marijuana indirectly from peoples beliefs leading to the paradigm of marijuana today being that if you smoke pot your a lazy dumb retard that's useless to society which is false those individuals are not being controlled by it they're making their own choices. Cannabis/marijuana should be legalized for it is an outdated law and has no legs to stand on anymore. I hope i was clear and didn't leave anything out here are my sources: http://www.mpp.org... http://brucealanblock.com... https://en.wikipedia.org... https://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.pot-heads.com... http://www.drugwarrant.com...