To determine whether or not marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes one must weigh the pros and cons of its usage. If there are a significant amount of pros over cons, and the cons that are present are not of severe consequences then I feel the issue is a no brainier and should be treated like any other issue in today's world. When considering the amount of issues in the world and there levels of severity I believe the legalization of marijuana is at the bottom end, in the case that it is of low severity and low priority. I feel the issue should not be dragged out and spent years and years on, but instead to treat it like a normal issue and make a decision and stick with it.

I feel the biggest "pro" to the legalization to marijuana would be the decreased amount of prison resources used on individuals due to minor violations of the law on marijuana.

http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/2011/04/04/medical-marijuana-2/