That said, it must be said that there have never been cases in which someone has died from an overdose of this specific drug. Legalizing marijuana can also help heroin addicts avoid overdosing. (Path). As stated in (The Hype for Legal Drugs) “Washington State law threatens a 10-year sentence for selling weed to a minor.” (Path). The result of this statement is not only incredibly expensive, but they are putting people, who are most likely not violent, in prison for helping someone else. In 2000, a study was conducted in Phoenix that out of 600 youth in treatment, only 1% of them got marijuana from a dealer and the rest got it from family or family friends.