The legalization of marijuana is important to both recreational and medicinal users. Just as alcohol prohibition did in the 1920s, Marijuana prohibition is creating more users therefore creating more problems. We all have heard of the medical benefits of using marijuana, but people that use it for recreational purposes just like that way it makes them feel. Contrary to popular belief marijuana is not a gateway drug but a terminus drug. This means that people that use marijuana usually stick to it and do not venture out to explore other drug forms. If marijuana was legal the taxing and regulation would produce about $8.7 billion a year, also decriminalizing marijuana would approximately reduce prison population by 20%.