A number of states have various forms of pro-marijuana legislation pending” (McCarthy). “Doctors, lawyers and others use it collaterally. The president of the United States admitted to having used marijuana: this eliminates part of the taboo. (McCarthy). The CSA which represents the biggest obstacle to the legalization of marijuana is debunked. However, the ban still exists. Americans must take action to now require the federal government “to build legal, regulatory and fiscal frameworks that allow companies to grow, process and sell marijuana not simply to medical patients, as has been the case in Colorado for more than a decade.” – but to anyone twenty-one or older. (Hudak) Laws, from time to time, should be reviewed to see if they should remain on the books. If laws passed long ago are no longer defensible, they should be reformed or abolished. The 18th Amendment which prohibited the consumption of alcohol was repealed by the 21st Amendment. Alcohol prohibition has been one of the greatest policy failures in American history, and we should learn the lesson that prohibition doesn't work. Alcohol prohibition was a public policy failure, and today marijuana prohibition is failing. The prohibition of marijuana is unjust, immoral, depersonalizing, and marijuana users often flaunt the laws that prohibit it. Marijuana prohibition costs America