I don't think marijuana use is good, and generally it is destructive to most people who use it, although the use in banning it has disappeared long ago. It is so easy to acquire marijuana in the U.S., banning it has no more use anymore. The people have spoken, and they want to use marijuana. Is it any more harmful than alcohol anyway? If we can't stop it by keeping it illegal, why don't we legalize it, keep the growth, production and profiting from it away from gangs, Mexicans, and put it in the hands of the American government? It could provide a good tax revenue, and it would cut down on gang profits and resulting illegal activities of the people who are currently profiting from the sale of marijuana and who are using those funds for other illegal activities. If marijuana were illegal, I think that it would cut down on the "cool factor" of it, leading less people to become hopelessly addicted to it, and therefore cutting down on the gateway effect to more harmful drugs. Also, if it were made legal, people who used marijuana wouldn't be exposed to the criminals who are pushing other more harmful drugs, and it would be harder for them to get involved with more hardcore drugs. Making marijuana illegal forces people to become involved with criminals who are likely to push or lead them into using more harmful and destructive drugs.