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Some studies also have linked pot to suicidal thoughts. The NIDA notes that marijuana use can result in a 40% increased risk of getting psychosis, and the drug also can lead to Anxiety and Depression. Marijuana can ruin your kids’ lives. There has been an 80% increase in Weed use among teens since 2008. Do you want your teens to be making great grades for their education? You should need to know that studies have proved that teens who smoked pot regularly lost as much as eight points in their intelligence quotient test and they didn’t recover their intellectual ability when they became adults. Even though there are more articles about marijuana being good for you and the economy, I still believe that all these negative effects it has on you and the public are very bad, therefor it should remain illegal. Marijuana is used for medicine also, it is legal in 15 states for medical use only and in Colorado it is totally legal for everyone over 21 years old.

According to an article by Charles Oliver, The Harrison school district in Colorado has barred a student from attending classes if he takes medicine to control his seizures, states that “The boy was prescribed a lozenge containing THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. The school said he couldn’t bring the pills to school because it would violate its zero tolerance policy on drugs” (Oliver). Without the pills containing THC, the young boy could have a seizure. If medicinal marijuana was legal, this wouldn’t have been an issue, and that is why marijuana should be legalized in the United States. It will not only benefit those who need it for medical issues, but the taxation will also benefit our economy.

The legalization of marijuana will lead to a boost to the economy. With the United States being trillions in debt, an increase in tax money would be a big help to lower the national debt. Colorado, one of the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational and medicinal uses, is showing valuable data of an increase in tax money, “In 2015, Colorado collected more than $135 million in taxes and fees on medicinal and recreational marijuana. Sales totaled over $996 million” (Krishna, Mrinalini). Now, Colorado is joined by seven other states, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada, in the full legalization of marijuana. With these states joining with Colorado, the United States is seeing sales “[grow] by 30%, to 6.1 billion, in 2016 and a projected 20.1 billion in 2021” (Krishna, Mrinalini). With that in mind, these sales are shared among only eight states, add another forty-two states and the rates could surpass the trillions. Considering the evidence, the act of not legalizing marijuana would be foolish.

Ohio's geographic location has proven to be an asset for saving advancement and expansion. Because Ohio links the Northeast to the Midwest, much cargo and concern traffic depart through its borders along its well-developed highways. Ohio has the nationality's 10th largest highway network, and is within a one-day drive of 50% of North America's population and 70% of North America's manufacturing

From 1932 to 1968 the number of Electoral College members from the state of Ohio was a very high twenty-six members. Currently, Ohio only has eighteen members and it’s predicted to fall even further after the 2020 census. People are fleeing from Ohio like it’s the plague, many have been wondering why people are leaving the great Buckeye state, and how to bring people back in. To figure out that question it’s advised to look at the past and see what has changed. One huge thing Ohio has changed over the years is how it treats small businesses, on the 2018 State Business Tax Climate Index Ohio was ranked forty fifth out of fifty of the states. That's insane and would explain why people are leaving and not coming back.

The benefits for legalizing Marijuana in Arizona would give schools $40 million a year. The money would go to k-12 school operations, maintenance, and all day kindergartens. The new bill that might be passed takes away about $3 million from Glendale Union High School Districts. This not only affects students in high school and in lower levels, but also future college students as the budget cuts would cause new “College and Career Ready Standards”. This can not continue as more money should be going into the Arizona education funding, instead of more money being taken

The editorial board at Northeast Ohio Media Group has an interesting take on Issue 3. “No on ResponsibleOhio 's flawed Issue 3 seeking to legalize marijuana by creating constitutionally protected monopolies” is the name of the article in which they argue why Ohio should vote no on the issue. The article states “what will be on the November 3rd ballot is Issue 3 -- a measure that would enshrine within the Ohio Constitution a legal cartel for the cultivation of marijuana that could only be changed by a future vote of the people”. The thesis in the article is very much assumed that by making marijuana legal it would enshrine within the Ohio Constitution a legal cartel.

Colorado can be a very good example for this. Marijuana was legalized in Colorado in 2014 and a significant improvement in different sectors can be seen very clearly after that. In 2010, 9,011 people were arrested for marijuana possession in Colorado. After its legalization, police and law officials would have a lot of time to fight real crime and help people. Arrests are not cheap as well, one arrest costs roughly $300 and since thousands of those arrests were avoided, a lot of state money was saved just by not arresting people for marijuana possession. Talking about money, marijuana dispensaries were opened by the government for public and a lot of tax was collected from the sale of marijuana. According to the data released by the Department of Revenue, $40.9 million tax was collected between January 2014 and October 2014 from the retail marijuana sales. This money is huge and this still does not include license fees and medical marijuana fees. This is a lot of money and this has been used for good causes in Colorado. Out of the money collected, $975,000 was given to Colorado schools to hire more health professionals in November of 2014. Many of those newly hired health professionals will be focusing on student’s mental health so that they can stay away from real drugs. The money is also being used for used prevention and education. The state has allocated $8 million of the tax revenue for the development of youths by helping them educate and organize community based programs. The state has also awarded $2 million to community based youth services program which help youths to stay in school, stay away from drugs and help them in their overall development. Similarly, the economy of Colorado has been improved drastically, the unemployment rate of Colorado after legalization was at a six year low. According to the Department of Revenue, there are about 16,000 people who had a license to work

For instance, the first year after cannabis was made legal in Colorado, the state had a major surplus in revenues. “Colorado reached over $50 million dollars in recreational cannabis sales in June… half of that is from medical sales” (Connell). Also, this gave Colorado an opportunity in rebuilding their state, such as adding new schools. For example, “Colorado schools have earned $13.6 million in just the first five months of 2015, a sharp increase over 2014, when the tax generated a total of $13.3 million for the whole year…” (Connell). To sum this up, this is one way to raise revenues to fund state education, and other shortages.

In this article I will write about was and currently is the labor condition in Cleveland, Ohio. Also, I will analyze some of labor market data. Cleveland, Ohio is the second largest city in Ohio State with population of 396815 - census.gov (2010)- people.

Despite my traditional liberal stance, I personally don't think that the legalization of marijuana in California would be the best idea. To be fair, I don’t think other drugs such as tobacco and alcohol should be legal either but let’s focus on the cons of legal marijuana. In the article, “Is Legalizing Marijuana a Dopey Idea?”, Ella Jameson indicates that marijuana tempers with your memory processing and emotions. This is alone a crucial detail when noting the majority of users are still adolescents in school. Secondly, Jameson mentions the changing attitudes towards people who smoke marijuana, implying that students like Jordan will find it really easy to justify how much they use, leading to mental addiction and abuse. Thirdly, the

It has been estimated that the legalization and subsequent taxation (excise and sales tax) of cannabis in California could generate anywhere between $990 million and $1.4 billion annually in tax revenue. Additionally it has been estimated that legalization could reduce statewide enforcement costs by $150 million annually. Considering the number of human service agencies, departments, and programs that have had their budgets either significantly reduced or cut altogether, why has California forgone the opportunity to use the revenue and savings associated with cannabis legalization to support K-12 and higher education, early childhood, and elderly programs?

States across the US have legalized marijuana, even though the federal government has not. Many taxpayers feel they are losing money because of this. The government is having to spend money on more police officers to enforce the laws. The government has hired these officers to help protect the states that have legalized marijuana, to make sure the drug is being used properly.”...this would cut down marijuana related crimes…”(Marijuana). If caught for illegally using this drug, then that person will be arrested therefore wasting more taxpayer money.”Some 19 to 32 million people would no longer be treated as criminals and subject to arbitrary arrest, imprisonment, asset forfeiture and other punishment”(Marijuana legalization). Regulating this drug can save money and allow police officers to spend more time more serious

The United States has been in a financial repression, our economy is at the lowest point it has been in in decades. Currently $33 billion is being spent on the War on Drugs (DrugSense.org). In 2009, over 1,663,582 arrests were made in the year alone, for minor possession charges (DrugSense.org). The economy is unstable and does not have the time of money to spent on issues that are minute to society. The economical standing point is clear, the economy does not need to execute something that has been pitifully downgraded by society. People do not understand that marijuana crops could also be used as a source of income for the economy. In Arizona 1,500 jobs alone will be created due to the medical marijuana industry, but not only will those 1,500 direct jobs will be made due to marijuana growers and dispensary employees, but there could be another possible 5,000 due to indirect jobs like grocery

Do you know what marijuana is? “Marijuana is a drug that is always being talked about all over the media. There is constant debate on whether it should be legalized or not. Also, debate on if it were to be legalized, how would they make it work. All these questions are things the government takes into account every day. There is a big divide between people’s beliefs on this matter. Some people think it should be, others think it shouldn’t, and some think it should be with some modifications on the usage. When you look at the benefits, there is no question that marijuana should be legal throughout the entire country. There are way more positive things that could come out of it being legal. The first reason weed should be legalized is because how many other drugs are legal. Weed is one of a few not too harmful drugs that are illegal.”