Marijuana Legalization

marijuana at some time in their lives. 18 million have smoked marijuana within the last

Eight states (plus Washington D.C.), have legalized recreational marijuana, and twenty-nine states (plus Washington D.C.), have legalized medical marijuana. The marijuana

Legalizing and regulation marijuana can bring cash crop under the criminal justice law, bring in jobs, medical use, and overall create economic opportunities to The United States of America.

Ending the drug war may not seem to be the best answer at first, but

On January 1st the states of Colorado and Washington officially began the regulation of legal marijuana sales. Thousands of people from all over the country including tourists from Wisconsin, Ohio, Chicago, and even Georgia lined up out front of dispensaries to make a purchase. Recreational marijuana is being regulated and monitored like alcohol; you must be at least 21 years old to make a purchase. The drug, which is controversial in many states’ legislations, is currently legal for medical use in 20 states, but Colorado and Washington were the first to approve of recreational use (Healy). The geographical concepts involved in the legalization of marijuana include migration, movement and flow, and private/public space.

According to a recent article from Huffington Post; in Washington alone, the legalization of marijuana could bring in an estimated five hundred million in additional tax revenue. Along with tax revenue, reducing the added cost of marijuana could greatly drop the price per gram, resulting in more money to spend in the local economy. Currently, one billion dollars is spent in prisons for inmates that have been charged due to marijuana-related crimes in result of marijuana being illegal. Time magazine reports that, as a crop, marijuana farmer's in California have found a surplus of sales. An estimated fourteen billion dollars a year on average, making marijuana the most profitable cash crop in the state. If legalized, marijuana could help add countless amounts of jobs into the formal economy instead of the illicit market (Bradford, Huffinton

Legalization of marijuana on a federal level may benefit society more than cause it harm. When people hear the word marijuana, cannabis, hemp, etc. they tend to compare it to dangerous hardcore drugs. In all reality, unlike these other hardcore drugs, marijuana has many advantages that could possibly outweigh its negatives. For example, federally legalizing marijuana could stimulate growth within an economy by allowing the government the opportunity to reduce expenses on prohibition, create jobs and collect sales tax revenue, create a healthier more organic agriculture through hemp industrialization, and offer a more natural remedy to alleviate medical symptoms.

The authors are a research economist and Vice President from the organization, which contributes to their biases on this issue. The authors argue that the marijuana industry could provide $28 million in tax revenues. The authors also argue that the taxation of marijuana will also reduce the societal risk of engaging in the illegal marijuana trade.

According to National Survey of Drug Use and Health, there are about 22.2 million of current Marijuana users in the United States alone, and

The first benefit to the legalization of marijuana would be the decreased spending on law enforcement. Many of America’s jails are filled to the brim with people who got long and unfair sentences for possession of the drug. Part of the

A number of movements to legalize marijuana have been gaining attention lately. Currently there are 14 states where marijuana is legal for medical use (medicalmarijuana). 41% of U.S. citizens believe marijuana should be legalized (drugpolicy) but others are still concerned about health damage. American society has lost the war against marijuana, and that's okay. We should stop wasting time and money trying to reverse history and instead legalize both medical and recreational use of this mild narcotic widely seen as no more harmful than alcohol.

Legalization of marijuana will greatly simplify the regulatory burden on hemp and the cultivation in the United States.

C. Reviewed main point Legalizing and regulating marijuana will bring the nation's largest cash crop under the rule of law, which will in turn create more jobs and economic opportunities in the formal economy instead of the black market. And it will also give patients an opportunity to experience better treatment for their illnesses.

Legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes will take away from so many people using the drug illegally as a recreational drug. This is very significant in today’s society because of treatment benefits it could have on so many people if it was legalized throughout the states. If the government keeps seeing the benefits, the legalization of medicinal marijuana could happen in years to come, especially with new technology that could make things better.

Marijuana legalization has been an argument in the United States for decades now. As of lately it has been in the media more and more, and although there are good medical reasons for marijuana legalization there are bad outcomes for it being legalized to the general public. I remember when I was younger and there was this commercial for drug usage it was used as a scare tactic for children and teenagers, while it may have worked on children in the 1990’s it seems like they steered away from commercials to scare youth away from marijuana. This proves that it is being accepted in public as more-safe than alcohol and cigarettes which is not the case. There are many reasons as to why marijuana should not be legalized, but there are three that stand out the most which are it effects the user’s overall health, it impairs the user’s judgment just like alcohol would, and it effects underage individuals.