Legalizing Marijuana Legislation Through the whole reform on the issue of legalizing marijuana legislation has looked at all the bad things marijuana can do. What they do not look at is the benefits to society if they legalize it, because of its medical potential, and its qualities as a natural resource. If government looked at the chemical properties and how they can help, they would see that marijuana has the potential of being a very medically useful substance. Marijuana has traditionally been a folk medicine for many different cultures. The first recorded medicinal use of marijuana began in 200 BC. when a physician Haotha used it and mixed it with wi