Of course it's illegal but it's not as if it's crack or something of that sort, I did a paper about marijuana and it's affects I proves it as no damage over time however what little short term memory loss a smoker can get can be regained within a month without smoking. Also legalizing it would benefit the economy immensely and take it off the DEAs watch list which would save 13.4 billion dollars per year. It would be also take it off the black market without a demand for it.