Cannabis- Legalize It!

Cannabis- Legalize It! The legalization and decriminalization of cannabis/ marijuana would be beneficial to economic growth in the United States. There are many reasons to support this. First, the decriminalization of marijuana would save time and money spent on prosecuting suspects accused of possession and/or use of marijuana. This time and money could be better spent on other things like the school systems, road ways, and police departments. As a result this will also open up room in the jails and prisons for the harder criminals, like robbers, murderers, carjackers, and rapist. Second, by decimalizing and legalizing marijuana, the government would be able to regulate and tax it. By regulating it, this will improve the quality of the product, as well as decrease the chance of criminal alteration. Right now users of marijuana have to worry about getting a laced product. This can be very hazardous to the user as it could be laced with a highly addictive drug or a deadly one. Also this will stop otherwise law abiding citizens from having to deal with criminals. By taxing it, this will bring in more money for the state and nation. Making it legal will also take money out of the hands of criminals and put it into the hands of legitimate business. According to the article Medical Marijuana: Putting the power where it belongs (by Marcia Tiersky), in 1972, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (MORML) began litigation to try to force the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to reschedule marijuana as a Schedule II drug. More than a decade of litigation culminated in an appellate court decision that remanded the issue of rescheduling to an administrative law judge for evaluation. Administrative Law Judge Francis Young was asked to evaluate evidence on the question of whether there is any “currently accepted medical use” of marijuana. Young noted that “there is accepted safety for use of marijuana under medical supervision.” Based on these

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