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Dec 6, 2023

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nstructions: For your initial post: Select one of the following positions: Marijuana should be legalized for recreational use. Marijuana should not be legalized for recreational use. Support your selected position using summarized/paraphrased (i.e., not quoted) research from credible sources. Document the sources used (APA formatting not required). Yes, Marijuana should be legalized for recreational use. Outside of the health benefits that marijuana as been proven to have, there are a lot of economical benefits to it as well. By legalizing marijuana recreationally, it will help boost the economy by crating new tax revenues and by creating new jobs. It would also take away the costs associated with maintaining marijuana use laws, essentially extinguishing the costs of enforcing and preventing marijuana use. Every time some one is arrested for marijuana possession, it cost money. On average, the U.S spends between $1.19 and $6.03 billion annually for marijuana possession arrests (Hall, 2016). By legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, it essentially extinguishes these costs altogether. In turn, by legalizing recreational marijuana, it decreases the illegal marijuana market. Colorado currently uses the revenue made from legalized marijuana use to fund community programs, such as public schools, police departments, and mental health programs. On top of this, majority of Americans support the legalization of recreational marijuana. A 2022 Gallup poll found 59% support for legalizing marijuana among American adults (Wilkinson, 2023). References Hall, W., & Lynskey, M. (2016). Evaluating the public health impacts of legalizing recreational cannabis use in the United States. Addiction, 111(10), 1764–1773. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13428 Wilkinson, S. T. (2023). Medical and recreational marijuana: Commentary and review of the literature. Missouri medicine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179811/.
For your reply post: Find a peer who took a different position than you did for your initial post. Discuss whether you agree or disagree with the peer's ideas by incorporating new information, ideas, examples, or summarized/paraphrased (i.e., not quoted) research from a credible source(s) into your response. Due dates for your initial and reply post can be found by checking the Course Syllabus and Course Calendar.
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