Should the use of marijuana be legalized

Should the use of marijuana be legalized?  Well umm is the sky falling, No!  Some debate over whether marijuana should be legalized.  Some say yes with enthusiasm, some say no it’s just going to bite us in the butt later.  Articles say that there are reason it should and reasons it shouldn’t.  For example articles say it shouldn’t because “Marijuana is often used as a stepping-stone drug, leading to heroin, cocaine, or other harder drugs. Studies show that marijuana use often progresses to the use of harder drugs. In other words, people experiment with what is often thought of as a "harmless" drug. Then, after using it for a while, a bigger "high" is sought; thus, users then turn to the harder stuff like heroin, LSD, cocaine, etc. This is particularly a problem since most people will not directly start abusing the harder drugs that are generally understood to be harmful. Marijuana use may simply embolden them to experiment.”  Most say that it should be legalized because it helps with glaucoma, cancer, and other diseases. 

I for one don’t believe in legalizing marijuana should be legalized unless you have a prescription.  The prescription shouldn’t be for a scratch it should be for glaucoma, cancer, etc.  Marijuana is just leading to crazier drugs like cocaine.  On so many movies and shows you see people smoking weed and this is were children pick things up.  Were do you think their future lays in; in the hands of a crackhead or drug dealer its so sad.