Why should marijuana be legalized? This is a question that is asked by millions of Americans. First of all, to answer the question it is very important to know what it is. Cannabis, which is also known as marijuana is a tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers ("Cannabis+(genus)."). What this means is that the plant is a gift of Mother Nature and we also belong to her, then why should something so pure and natural be restricted in the first place. Understood that marijuana is a narcotic, but so what, even alcohol and cigarettes are narcotics, and there are no pros for either of them, but are they legal? Yes they are and compared to them cannabis is nothing. In an article written by H&HN;: Hospitals & Health Networks, it has been stated that "One of marijuana’s greatest advantages is its remarkable safety. It has little effect on major physiological functions", it also pronounces that there is no known case for a lethal overdose, furthermore marijuana is by far the least addictive drug and is also the least likely to be abused ("A Case”). In addition, marijuana has many medicinal properties as well as financial opportunities; in addition legalizing it would lessen violence and save lives of individuals who get involved with the smuggling and dealing of cannabis into the country. Therefore, legalizing “weed” is a very necessary step in today’s society. In the world today there are many thriving and lethal diseases, which have expensive treatments to no cure. Some examples are: - Cancer, AIDs, migraines etc. according to H&HN; marijuana can be used to treat these medical conditions, that it has such properties which could control the nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, lower the intraocular pressure induced by glaucoma, lessen the convulsions and relax muscles for sufferers of spastic disorders, and stimulate appetites of those afflicted with the wasting syndrome associated with HIV. It also is used to relieve phantom limb pain, menstrual cramps and other types of chronic pain including migraines. Furthermore, it can prevent the spread of cancer by turning off a gene called Id-1, in the study published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, found. Cancer cells make more copies of this gene than non-cancerous cells, and it helps them spread through the body (Loria, Jennifer Welsh and Kev