Marijuana Argumentative Analysis

In the United States, twenty-one states have no laws on legal marijuana use, even for medicinal marijuana. Another twenty-one have legalized marijuana for medical use only. As for the other eight, those states have legalized the use marijuana for medicinal and recreational. The states that have fully legalized marijuana have seen a boost in the economy due to taxes from marijuana sales. Along with helping the economy, marijuana is proven to provide medical aid for illnesses, such as cancer and Parkinson’s Disease. The legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational use will be a benefit to society.

Growing up everyone is always told “drugs are bad for you” over and over. As children, we have no perspective and do not fully understand the use of drugs. Drugs are always around us, especially marijuana. It is the most commonly used drug in the world. As much as we are told not to use this substance or be around it, many have encountered it in some way before. Marijuana being illegal in most states does not stop people from using the substance. Since this illegal drug is still used no matter the situation why not benefit from it and legalize it throughout the United States? Marijuana could have a positive effect on America in relation to health and the economy.

This tax revenue could fund the environment. Also, opening of new schools and supporting current ones. Furthermore, it could enhance the building of new roads. It could also help create hospitals and clinics. Moreover, the tax revenue could help build new police stations, and firefighting stations. It could even help the homeless. Marijuana could also bring jobs to America. In fact, it could bring thousands of new job opportunities which will reduce our unemployment rate.

There is an intensive debate in society, today, about legalizing marijuana. Supporters of marijuana highlight that legalizing will not increase its consumption, and in fact will provide individuals with a legal choice. Opponents argue that legalizing marijuana will increase consumption, which would expose consumers to health risks as extreme as cancer. I believe marijuana should be legalized by the federal government. It is already being consumed in the society, and legalizing marijuana will facilitate monitoring its growth, usage, and help collect taxes. Marijuana has overwhelming support in the medical field as an alternate medicine. Also, marijuana will provide a legal alternative to individuals who rely on illegal and dangerous drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. Legalization will significantly reduce marijuana trafficking and curtail black market activities. Furthermore, legalizing will divert the cash stream from black markets to the states and the federal government, in the form of taxes. The additional revenue can be used to do additional research on

Marijuana is the cause of much commotion and debating, as the question of legalization becomes more of an issue. Drugs are a major influential force in countries all over the world today. Legalization is an option that has not had a chance, but really should be given one. Although many people feel that legalizing marijuana would increase the amount of drug use, legalization would benefit for the following reasons: 1)reduction of money spent on law enforcement 2)increase in the countries revenue 3)lessen crime 4)useful in treating certain medical conditions.

In a contemporary study that was published by the American Civil Liberties Union, there had been 49,904 arrests within the state of Illinois for the possession of cannabis in the year 2010 . This made Cook County (Chicago) the county with the most cannabis possession arrests, ahead of New York City, New York (59,451 for all 5 counties) and Los Angeles County, California (15,600). Within the same year, but strictly within the city of Chicago by itself, there is an average of 91 cannabis possession charge arrests on a daily basis. Within the time span of 1975 and 2009, there has been 1,023,434 arrests executed for cannabis-related infractions against the law . As stated in the Cannabis Control Act passed by the Illinois State Legislature in 1978, the first offense could prove to be detrimental to the individual’s future, as the penalty for conviction of possessing 30 grams of cannabis (just over an ounce) has a penalty of up to 264 days in jail

In a lot of cases, the result of these habits is that parents feel that having a "zero-tolerance" policy with their teenagers might not work and will only increase their interest in using. In this new generation, parents feel that if they leave the lines of communication open, talk about the risks, and help instil good morals and judgment in their children, they will be less likely to use drugs. I agree with this because if the parents show interest and support, their children will feel more comfortable and will most likely open up to them for advice and support. It's important for parents to empower their kids and leave lines of communication open, but most importantly, be living examples for their children to model after.

From a fiscal standpoint, the legalization of marijuana is nothing but beneficial. California, Washington, and Colorado have all legalized to some extent, and are already raking in taxes on the purchase of this, now legal,

The time and money being used to help fight marijuana has proved to be an unsuccessful cost and could be used in more beneficial uses like education or fighting violent crime. By legalizing marijuana the government would be able to save about $7.7 billion a year (geekpolitics). Not only would law enforcement costs be cut by legalizing marijuana but the government would also receive an increase in tax revenue. If marijuana would be legal it would be sold in the same method as alcohol and cigarettes. This method would allow the government to keep a close watch on the production of the marijuana and control the business cycle of the drug (geek). The legal marijuana would be taxed in the same ways as cigarettes and alcohol and the companies who would produce the product would also be taxed. Licenses for the sale of the legal marijuana would also be applied which would allow tight restrictions on the sale of the drug as well as provide safety.

Imagine a world where 65 million people had a disorder that causes painful seizures that can happen at any moment. Well that's the world we live in, and the disorder is called epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disorder that cannot be cured, but can be treated, although most treatments don't work as well as medical marijuana. Medical marijuana should be used to treat epilepsy. We have all the research and knowledge to know how it will affect the patient in positive ways.

Even though It could become an addiction and problem to some, Everyone should be able to legally smoke marijuana recreationally because It could reduce crime rates and could possibly cut down on the overcrowding of prison inmates for minor chargers. Another positive side to legalizing marijuana is that it will generate a lot of tax money and could possibly be put towards community problems. One of the most agreeable points of legalizing marijuana are possible medical benefits, Although being legal still not everyone is able to attain a medical license.

In making a case for medical marijuana, I am not saying that this substance is safe for consumption but it has components that make it useful to treat patients with extenuating seizures and should only be contained for prescribed use.

In recent years we have seen an increase in support of the legalization of marijuana, both in the medical aspect and recreational. Many states have legalized the use of marijuana and many shops have open across those states, some of those states include: Washington, Colorado, Alaska, and Illinois. Illinois was just recently added to the list this past Monday November 9th. Dispensaries have opened across the state, and lawmakers expect to have at least twenty-five dispensaries across the state at the end of the year. Even though many states have legalized it on the state level, it is still illegal on the federal level.

According to the most recent calculations, U.S consumer’s number anywhere from twenty-five million to sixty million dollars worth of marijuana. By taxing marijuana, the government could make around $45 billion to $110 billion a year. Legalizing marijuana would also reduce the crime rate tremendously therefore, the government would save millions of dollars on housing inmates in prisons just by itself. Many people just see marijuana as a “dirty” drug but they do not think twice about the legalization of tobacco and alcohol. In health class in highschool you are told very sternly to stay away from this drug but they are faced with much worse things that are a lot worse to one's body. In conclusion, legalizing marijuana would bring profit, jobs, and could help people's health. Legalizing it would help the state of Illinois, and the United States tremendously and would help get them get out of

Legalizing marijuana wouldn’t only make money it would also save money. If legalized, the government would be able to cut federal programs that try to stop the use and sale of marijuana. The federal government alone spends fourteen billion dollars a year in efforts to stop drug trafficking (Barbour 34). This is a ridiculous amount of money to spend during a time when thousands are out of work and struggling to make ends meet. Federal and local governments spend an additional forty-four billion dollars a year fighting the war on drugs (Barbour 55). All this money could be going to better programs such as our failing school systems or the creation of jobs. If we legalized marijuana we could potentially save about 40 billion dollars. The federal government isn’t the only one spending ridiculous amounts of money; organizations like the ONDCP spend billions of dollars discouraging the use of pot (Mikos N.P). It also costs ten to fifteen billion dollars to enforce marijuana laws (Nadelmann N.P). Marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers at least 7.5 billion dollars annually (Gieringer N.P). Taxpayer’s money should be going to better causes such as social security instead of going to arresting marijuana users.