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According to public morality the concept of legalizing marijuana is not feasible due to fact that it has been outlawed. Though an individual can peacefully smoke marijuana within the confines of their own home and no one would ever know, according to the Idealist view on public morality this would still be prohibited because you are willingly breaking a law. Under the Pragmatists' view of private morality it is up to the discretion of the individual to decide whether or not their use of marijuana is morally wrong or right. The Pragmatist view seems more realistic in this situation, since it is only up to the user of marijuana whether or not they feel their actions are harming anyone or immoral in any fashion.
When considering the focal point of the law in terms of legalizing marijuana it is evident that if marijuana were legal then we would not need to spend countless amounts of money on simple court cases involving minor marijuana charges. Going through legal processes over the......

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