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About the Future
Marijuana is a substance that has become very much a part of American and Canadian culture. Nearly 65 million Americans and Canadians have either used it occasionally or regularly. The use of marijuana hit American and Canadian about thirty years ago and has been accepted by large section of society.

The debate on whether this substance should be legalized or not. It still remains a topic today in the world. Marijuana should be legal because it can be used of medical use, puts too many people in jail, is not as dangerous as alcohol and cigarettes, and would lower the cost of marijuana so people wouldn't throw away money.

Basic research will show that legalizing this plant can benefit our country whether you smoke it or not. A simple lesson in supply and demand will show that legalizing marijuana would create a significant drop in price due to the elimination of the risk factors of growing and also selling paraphernalia. When the alcohol prohibition ended, the price dropped to a third of its prohibition cost. A study done by the Task Force on Cannabis Regulation to the Center for the Study of Drug Policy-Regulation and Taxation of Cannabis Commerce reveals that legalization could open up a tax revenue stream for governments. Licensing, taxing, and fees could generate up to 7 billion dollars a year not including the taxes on sales of paraphernalia, recreational establishments and new industries according to a study by the Congressional Budget Office with state sales tax being the factor in determining basic revenue

In 1972, after reviewing the scientific evidence, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded that while marijuana was not entirely safe, its dangers had been grossly overstated. Since then, researchers have conducted thousands of studies of humans, animals, and cell cultures. None reveal any findings dramatically different from those described by the National Commission in 1972. In 1995, based on thirty years of scientific

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