Arguments Against Legalizing Pot

Today, pot is only legalized in four states including Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, but why does it face so much resistance? While the drug has faced opposition in our country for decades, today it has a lot of medical and recreational support in which it serves as an effective medicine and has other positive potential. In this article I will explain how legalizing pot could better the economy and result in a lot of constructive influence.
Drug arrests would decrease and prisons would have more room for actual dangerous people. In the U.S. today, a marijuana arrest happens every 45 seconds and in 2015 over three-quarter of a million arrests were made. If marijuana became legal, drug-related arrests would decelerate vastly, resulting in more jail room and permitting officers to concentrate on violent crimes. This would save tax dollars by eliminating jail costs(keeping inmates alive) and spending less on police officers(less crime results in less enforcement). With the money we would save, we could invest more in public education, infrastructure, etc.
Secondly, less youth would be tempted to experiment with marijuana. Although this seems counter-intuitive, legalizing pot for people who are 21+ could result in less usage by kids. How? Research
If legal, it could be taxed similarly to alcohol and tobacco, opening up a fresh flow of government income. For instance, California could stimulate more than one billion per year in excise taxes alone. Even more alarming, taxpayers spend almost fourteen billion per year on the war against pot, which is a lot of money that could be spent stimulating the economy instead of dwindling it. Also, drug cartels in Mexico would weaken. Marijuana makes up fifty percent of cartel profits, so if legalized, their enterprise would fall apart. In turn, law enforcement would be able to focus more on searching for high-risk drugs and protection against