The legalization of marijuana will not only bring an economic boost to the state its self also to the United States economy. It will also reduce the cost of drug enforcement. Marijuana should be removed from the criminal justice system and regulated in a manner similar to alcohol and tobacco. There are five jurisdictions in the Unites State that have rejected the failed prohibition of marijuana and changed their laws to legalize small amount of marijuana: Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C. Four states will license and regulate production and sale of marijuana. Studies have been shown that in Colorado that crime rate went down and the state's economy went up. After 6 months the legalization of weed in Colorado in 2014. In March of that year alone, taxed and legal recreational marijuana sales generated nearly $19 million, up from $14 million in February. The state has garnered more than $10 million in taxes from retail sales in the first four months - money that will go to public schools and infrastructure, as well as for youth educational campaigns about substance use. According to his latest budget proposal , Gov. John Hickenlooper expects a healthy $1 billion in marijuana sales over the next fiscal year. That's nearly $134 million in tax revenue. Sales from recreational shops are expected to hit $600 million, which is a more than 50% increase over what was originally expected. Another reason that marijuana should be legalized is because if you guys didn't know it's been helping people with cancer for over 100 years also is helping people with glaucoma and other diseases that people don't know how to handle without using marijuana. Have you ever heard of a death because of marijuana? No, that's because marijuana cannot kill you ,and only help you though it may slow your brain cells down it does not harm your body and any type of way and no scientist still has come up with the conclusion that it could harm you in the long run. Also the government doesn't know that prohibiting drugs make people want to do it more and it makes people hide and want to come out about it because they know they can't do it, more people are trying to because they know it's illegal.You can also say the government a lot of money when it comes to taxes the government would no longer have to text the people and can take Texas from marijuana because there be money that the marijuana industry will be consuming that can go to the government. Instead of chasing the people that are doing the drugs which is making the government less money by imprisonment. We can use that those people in those drugs to make the government more money instead of making the jail incarceration level rise because of the war on drugs. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with marijuana you hear more good things about marijuana then you hear bad things about it, and the people that say bad things are the ones that haven't tried it. So no one should have a right to say anything. Marijuana should be legal all around the world is not harming anyone it can only help you and it's better for the people to just have it instead of hiding it from the government because it's illegal.
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AuthorGreetings my name is Christopher Renteria. I am from Los Angeles, California. I am 17 years old. I am a high school student. I am going to join the army after high school. I am gradating from high school on June 12, 2015. My political views pro-Democratic. This blog is in no way bias. I relay strictly on facts. ArchivesCategories |