Marijuana Should Be Legalized In The United States

Illegal drug sales/trafficking is one of the greatest sources of income for organized crime, and will continue to be so as long as they remain in control of the drug market. By legalizing and regulating the sale of marijuana, this income stream for organized crime would be heavily impacted. Criminals rely on the massive profits produced by the low supply/high demand trend that is currently seen in the drug black market. Once legalized, there will be plenty of legal producers and suppliers, which would result in the price per unit of marijuana to dip significantly. Since legal suppliers will most likely have the resources to produce better quality product with better prices, the black market producers may not be able to compete.

Marijuana these days is causing indefinite amount of problems because it is not legal. Since it is not legal in the U.S., Drug Cartels are taking advantage of that and illegally importing their products across the border by the use of “Drug Mules” or underground tunnels. That hurts us tremendously, since we invest millions of dollars every year to strengthen our border security to, but they always find a way to get it into the country because of high demand and price for illegal marijuana. Drug Cartels are also taking millions to billions of dollars illegally out of our economy, which is not helping our National Debt. If we legalize marijuana we can prevent the Drug Cartels from making money because people will have an easier way to buy it and we can also regulate how

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.

By legalizing cannabis, law enforcement would not spend and waste money on investigations for suspected growers, dealers, or traffickers. This could cut prison spending by reducing high amounts of inmates convicted based on ridiculous marijuana related charges. Legalizing would also begin growing marijuana as a crop which would provide many with jobs such as cultivators, farm hands, transportation, packaging, ad retailing. By rising employment, the government would not have to spend as much money on unemployment packages. The new distribution could be globally traded and bring in revenue from other countries based off their legality. According to a Harvard economist, “The average annual trade in marijuana is estimated at $113 billion in taxes slipping through our fingers” (qtd. in Smith 1). The United States could be receiving billions in taxes each year, but since we are not the national debt continues to rise indefinitely. In result of helping the economy, doctors and hospitals can expand their research on marijuana benefits against

Furthermore, legalization of marijuana for recreational use reduces an important revenue stream for many organized crimes. Each year, the prevalent consumption of the marijuana turns thousands of regular citizens into criminals. Similar to liquor during the Prohibition Era in the 1920s, marijuana is an easy income for organized crimes, generating billions of dollars to cannabis cultivators, who commit variety of crimes both at home and abroad. The prohibition of marijuana, just like the prohibition of liquor, is what produces the enormous profit for the criminal organizations that provide access to the substance for millions. And similar to how the influence of organized crimes, during the Prohibition, were reduced and eventually vanished,

has no problem distributing harmful substances such as tobacco and alcohol, which have little to none positive health benefits is astonishing. There is no record in the history of the entire world, where a person has overdosed and died from marijuana alone. One could even say marijuana heals more people than it actually kills. This is why marijuana should have never been placed within a category of heroin which has ruin a countless number of lives. Keeping marijuana illegal only will make things worse not any better. Children in low income families and rundown neighborhoods look up to people dealing drugs more than hard working citizens. They would rather follow the actions of the dealers than work a nine to five because of the glitz and glamor that drug dealers possess. By legalizing and taking control over the marijuana industry the black market for marijuana will begin to shrink. Violence and arrests for marijuana would also begin to decline since there’d no longer be a strong incentive to rob or kill over something that could be purchased at the store. Most of the stigma of violence related to marijuana comes from the lifestyle that comes with illegal drug dealing. Having an illegal market for marijuana only makes the gangs and black market dealers better off. This is probably the reason gangsters were originally for prohibition and even help enforce it against their competition. In a legal system, tax revenue and other money produced from sales

Proponents of legalization generally argue that legalizing marijuana will have a remarkable economic impact to the country. It will decreasing spending on the law enforcement stopping the possession and selling of the substance, increasing tax revenues, and create new jobs. With the US exiting the 2008 recession this legalization could boost our efforts to build another strong and steady economy.

The legalization of marijuana could have a positive impact for law enforcement by freeing up resources that are currently focused on combating marijuana. If law enforcement was no longer obligated to arrest every user of marijuana for having a smoking device or a “joint” they could focus their efforts on combating victim related crimes and community orientated projects. Additionally, the cost of housing marijuana users in jails and time spent in court would no longer be an issue and would free up space and lessen the impact on our judicial system. Furthermore, if legalized marijuana could be purchased locally this could have the effect of taking money away from the drug cartels’ illegal marijuana. Conversely, legalized marijuana could create an even bigger underground market for drug cartels to take advantage of when legal marijuana supplies cannot keep up with demand.

The legalization of marijuana is one of the most talked about subjects in the news today. With millions of opinions on this certain topic I think the legalization of marijuana should not be allowed in America. Although some might disagree, marijuana is an unnecessary substance in life. With the legalization, it will affect millions of people between the ages of 1-100. Marijuana should be illegal in the United States because if legalized marijuana will lead to child use, addiction, and health problems.

Growing up in America, you most likely heard the words “drugs are bad for you” in some shape, way or form. Being a child, you are susceptible to believe the words of people older than you without knowing the reasoning behind why you should believe it. It became clear as I grew up that there were still people who continued to use drugs even through they’re clearly illegal. legalizing Marijuana for recreational use has been a controversial topic for years and is still up for debate. Today this substance is so common it’s featured in things people enjoy such as movies, TV shows and music. If marijuana were to be legalized we could potentially boost our economy, regulate the drug and its consumption, and save money on cost of enforcing the drug

Would you try marijuana if it was legalized in Iowa? Have you ever wondered how dangerous it could be of the human mental structure? There is nothing safe in using cannabis and there have always been consequences for the use of this dangerous drug It may make you feel good temporarily, but it can harm and affect your life. Marijuana should never be legalized in Iowa because of its dangers. The following reasons will explain why it's dangerous and why it should continue to be illegal.

on the beneficial side if cannabis becomes legalize it will do wonders for safety of weed dealing.many people consume cannabis,either for medical or recreational purposes. legalizing cannabis will give these people,most of which are laws abiding, hardworkin individual a place to safely buy cannabis.it also means that what is being sold is regulated safe and not mixed with any other nasty substances.

A little girl in Colorado started having seizures when she was three months old. It turned out that she had a genetic problem that caused seizures. Traditional drugs used to prevent them were not helping. She was getting worse and experiencing up to 300 seizures a week! By age five, she could no longer walk or talk and was failing both physically and mentally. Through a stroke of luck, her parents were told that she might benefit from marijuana. After much difficulty they were finally able to get it for her in oil form. After taking the medical marijuana for just one day, the seizures basically stopped. Now she only experiences one to two seizures a month! She was on the brink of dying and now she is living a relatively healthy normal life. Medical marijuana literally saved this little girl’s life. (Gupta).

Since the 1970’s, marijuana has increasingly taken the forefront as the next “socially harmless” drug of choice, akin to the likes of alcohol and tobacco. Many state legislatures have begun a decriminalization process, and in some cases, full legalization and regulation. Though the scope of the following research is not to discuss the differences in legislation, the broad spectrum between completely illegal and legal use of marijuana should be noted. Regulation varies greatly from incredibly restricted medicinal use, to open recreational use and finally, legalization. At the very far end of this spectrum is complete legalization, commercialization, and regulation. The intention of this research is to show that full legalization of marijuana is not in the best interest of the people of The United States. The three most alarming factors leading to this conclusion are increased use under legalization, a detrimental effect on rate of incarceration, and finally, dramatically increased economic costs.

The legalization of marijuana is a controversial subject; however, there are many positive arguments to support the idea. It has been scientifically proven that marijuana is not a health risk and that it is less toxic than alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, and aspirin. It has helped many people with health problems, such as, Aids, Cancer, Epilepsy, and many more. It would also bring in a large amount of tax revenue; further proving that marijuana should be legalized throughout the United States.