Legalization of Marijuana
            
            
             Constitutional
            
             Society today is very different than it used to be. When the United States Constitution was first written life itself was on different terms. Things and behaviors dealt with in today's world seem to be a little more complex than back in older times, and with that come crimes and punishments that are very serious. The over all point of this paper is to look at a problem in today's society and propose a change to help that problem, to better, not only certain people but society as a whole. One way that society as a whole could become a lot better would be with the legalization of marijuana. "The average amount of tax payer's money to imprison one inmate is about $20,000 a year" (Sizemore). Many inmates in prisons and jails across the nation are in there because they have committed murder, rape, kidnapping and many other terrible crimes. These inmates definitely deserve to be where they are, but what about the other ones? Is $20,000 dollars a year per inmate really worth imprisoning someone who got caught with a little bit of marijuana? Instead of having to pay to imprison people with marijuana why not suggest other alternatives? In fact, some alternatives could even help out the economy as a whole.
            
             According to the Ninth Amendment of the United States Constitution, Right Retained by the People, it is stated that, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Meaning that because of the Warren Court, people have the right to privacy, as well as, adequate medical care and education. Clearly this is something that can apply to the legalization of marijuana, as a means of when someone is in their house their business is their business, so long as no one is being harmed. Marijuana itself can fit into this amendment in all three aspects of the amendment. First, every per...