How Does Marijuana Affect The Economy
Everyone knows that all things cost money, even the prohibition on marijuana! It costs the U.S. government about 13.7 billion dollars to keep the prohibition on marijuana. Marijuana is classified as a hallucinogenic drug and is considered a schedule one drug; some of the most dangerous drugs such as heroin, molly, acid, and many more. This drug category suggests that these drugs have no medical purpose even though marijuana is legal medically or recreationally in 28 states including D.C. Marijuana can help cure many physical and mental diseases such as ADD, ADHD, OCD, cancer, glaucoma, seizures, and many more. Although marijuana is illegal. Marijuana can effect our economy in a good way because first, taxpayers pay about 41.6 billion dollars a year on prohibition. Second, the medical and recreational marijuana industry has a
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“The government would save an estimated $13.7 billion on prohibition enforcement costs and tax revenue by legalizing marijuana, according to a paper endorsed by 300 economists” (Bradford 1). If it costs money just to keep it illegal then why are we doing it? From a theoretical perspective this could be seen as a conflict perspective because the conflict is that keeping marijuana illegal is costing people money, but the competition is between the pro and anti marijuana politicians and activists.
“A 2007 study found that enforcing the marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers $41.8 billion annually” (Bradford 3). Another example of how our country could be saving money and putting it where it really matters. This 41.8 billion dollars could be put to good use if the government would just stop and think about all the good that marijuana could do for the country. Saving money is a very important deal that we as americans and as basic humans need to learn and how we can put these large amounts of cash into things that drives people to do something with their lives and take care of
“The government would save an estimated $13.7 billion on prohibition enforcement costs and tax revenue by legalizing marijuana, according to a paper endorsed by 300 economists” (Bradford 1). If it costs money just to keep it illegal then why are we doing it? From a theoretical perspective this could be seen as a conflict perspective because the conflict is that keeping marijuana illegal is costing people money, but the competition is between the pro and anti marijuana politicians and activists.
“A 2007 study found that enforcing the marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers $41.8 billion annually” (Bradford 3). Another example of how our country could be saving money and putting it where it really matters. This 41.8 billion dollars could be put to good use if the government would just stop and think about all the good that marijuana could do for the country. Saving money is a very important deal that we as americans and as basic humans need to learn and how we can put these large amounts of cash into things that drives people to do something with their lives and take care of