Argumentative Essay On Marijuana

Every year, States waste more than 3.5 billion dollars to enforce marijuana laws. In the year 2010 alone, cops made a marijuana arrest every 37 seconds (ACLU). To add to those eye opening numbers, 52% of all drug arrests in 2010 were for marijuana (ACLU). By looking at these statistics, it is evident that the government spends an abundant amount of time and resources trying to crack down on marijuana users. Our tax dollars are going towards arresting men and women for smoking marijuana, when there are many dangerous and important matters that the law enforcement agencies need to focus on, such as terrorism and homicide. For many years, congressmen have attempted to legalize and decriminalize marijuana in the United States. A simple marijuana arrest can lead to a person losing their job or public benefits, meaning that a marijuana ticket can be detrimental to a
Not only will this bill save the government billions of dollars from marijuana drug arrests, it will also bring in revenue from marijuana sales to attribute to our hurting economy. In this paper, I will first start by giving a brief explanation of the law, to explain what the bill would do if passed. Second, I will provide arguments to elaborate my reasoning. Finally, I will write a counter-argument section to rebuttal against arguments that might be against the passing of Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act.

Brief Explanation of Law
The H.R. 1013 – Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act bill was proposed to decriminalize and legalize the possession, use, or sale of marijuana. Colorado Representative, Jared Polis, and Oregon Representative, Earl Blumenauer, “has introduced legislation that would effectively legalize and tax marijuana at the federal level” (Baca, Ricardo). The bill’s final order would “remove marijuana in any form from all schedules of controlled substances under the