Marijuana Legalization in California

Marijuana is a very controversial substance which has been a debate in California on whether it should be legalized or not. The substance which is derived from dried cannabis sativa or cannabis indica has many uses including medicinal uses, animal food as well as hemp for rope making. Marijuana happens to be an illegal substance that has the widest use globally. At this point, one wonders why such a substance is termed illegal yet it seems to have a lot of support from many people. In fact the usefulness of marijuana as a medicine and rope-making raw material makes it hard to understand why this substance should not be legalized.