Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana Legalization
When one says “Marijuana” many thoughts come to mind. Some of these thoughts include “Nothing good can come out of using that drug.” and “Isn’t that drug illegal?” What many people don’t understand about Marijuana, which is more commonly known as “pot”, is that even though it is illegal in the United States, it has medically helped many people and has proven to not have as many flaws as people give it the reputation of having. Due to these and other reasons, some people believe that marijuana should be legalized in the United States.
Having marijuana legalized in the United States would be a good thing because current laws effecting marijuana are clearly doing more harm than good (Soros.) If marijuana were to be legalized in the United States it would be dramatically helping our economy because it would save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs. (Soros) Taxation of marijuana would also result in billions of dollars in new revenue annually. (Soros) Advocates for the legalization of marijuana say the criminalization of marijuana possession wastes law enforcement resources. (ProQuest) This shows one the magnitude of impact resulting from the active enforcement of laws criminalizing marijuana. One may dismiss the argument that legalizing marijuana would help the economy by pointing-out that legalization of marijuana would bring with it additional substance abuse in the state, and the long-term public costs associated with that would vastly exceed the relatively modest amount of new revenue legal weed might bring in. (Miller) This argument is not very convincing. When tested against a couple of different substances, marijuana was ranked last every time on a chart of The Addictiveity of Six Substances. (ProCon) Through this study, different substances were compared and contrasted to marijuana. Tested substances included heroin, alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and caffeine. When compared, marijuana was no more
When one says “Marijuana” many thoughts come to mind. Some of these thoughts include “Nothing good can come out of using that drug.” and “Isn’t that drug illegal?” What many people don’t understand about Marijuana, which is more commonly known as “pot”, is that even though it is illegal in the United States, it has medically helped many people and has proven to not have as many flaws as people give it the reputation of having. Due to these and other reasons, some people believe that marijuana should be legalized in the United States.
Having marijuana legalized in the United States would be a good thing because current laws effecting marijuana are clearly doing more harm than good (Soros.) If marijuana were to be legalized in the United States it would be dramatically helping our economy because it would save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs. (Soros) Taxation of marijuana would also result in billions of dollars in new revenue annually. (Soros) Advocates for the legalization of marijuana say the criminalization of marijuana possession wastes law enforcement resources. (ProQuest) This shows one the magnitude of impact resulting from the active enforcement of laws criminalizing marijuana. One may dismiss the argument that legalizing marijuana would help the economy by pointing-out that legalization of marijuana would bring with it additional substance abuse in the state, and the long-term public costs associated with that would vastly exceed the relatively modest amount of new revenue legal weed might bring in. (Miller) This argument is not very convincing. When tested against a couple of different substances, marijuana was ranked last every time on a chart of The Addictiveity of Six Substances. (ProCon) Through this study, different substances were compared and contrasted to marijuana. Tested substances included heroin, alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and caffeine. When compared, marijuana was no more