Snoop Dog smoking weed The legalization of marijuana has caused heavy debate. It is easy to look at the positives such as lowering the number of people in prison, which l eads to less split families and less tax paying dollars. Marijuana is also viewed as a safer option when comp ared to other drugs, nicotine, and alcohol. While all of those are true, there are negatives to this issue as well, specifically targeting adolescen ts. Smoking marijuana in adolescence has negative effects on mental health and cognitive development , which could be solved by marijuana only accessible to those over 21 as well as proper education of its negative effects ...