Marijuana use has been a major topic for debate during the last few decades. To this day it remains illegal in most states except for a few that have legalized it for medicinal purposes. Many people now have come to believe that the best thing to do is legalize and tax marijuana thus ending unnecessary spending and instead produce jobs and revenue. Still not everyone is happy with the idea of marijuana becoming a legal substance many still hold on to their beliefs that marijuana is a dangerous narcotic. An examination of a few articles on marijuana legalization follows.
Scott Martin gives a quick synopsis of marijuana laws throughout the decades in his Time.com article, “A Brief History of Marijuana Law in America”. Scott Martin is Professor …show more content…
Roger Morgan is a 20-year anti-drug activist and the founder of the Take Back America Campaign. Morgan gives reasons as to why Marijuana should remain a narcotic, stating that by adding a third legal drug along with alcohol and tobacco could be disastrous. He believes that prevention is the answer and the since Proposition 215 was passed the potency of Marijuana has escalated. He claims that dispensaries are selling poorly labeled products with potencies that have proven to be poisonous. Morgan states that in the last 50 years about 12,000 studies have led to the same conclusion and that is that Marijuana is a Schedule 1 narcotic because it has no medical application and has a potential for abuse. He doesn’t approve with the motive of legalizing it so as to efficiently study its medicinal purposes, to him that idea is “bizarre”. He also states that the American Medical Association believes that cannabis is a dangerous drug and poses a health concern. Morgan also does not believe that legalizing it will lower the crime rates, he goes on to use Colorado as an example, stating that taxes are not being paid there and that the black market has not gone away. He believes that the affects that chronic cam cause include permanent brain damage, loss of IQ, …show more content…
McClellan puts these two ideas together to make a clear irrefutable statement, “Economics 101 states that where there is demand, there will also be a supply and right now, the supply is mainly coming from Mexican Drug Cartels”. He states that by legalizing marijuana the United states could save an estimated 20$ million per year, and that is after one considers the amount of money and resources that would be saved by not arresting individuals on marijuana charges some as minor as simple possession. According to McClellan over a trillion dollars have been spent on marijuana law since the war on drugs began in 1971. There is no denying there is money to be made when it comes to marijuana and that is clearly seen by looking at states such as Colorado and Washington. The job and business opportunities that have been generated there are clearly seen when one looks at the revenue. Marijuana use and law is a worldwide topic and still the issues are the same when it comes to wasted police time and wasted tax dollars. In Canada for example Lucas Powers, Toronto based writer and photographer and writer of the CBSnews article, “Pot Legalization Coming, So Stop Possession Arrests, Say Some”, stated that the federal government currently spends about $4 million a year trying possession
Scott Martin gives a quick synopsis of marijuana laws throughout the decades in his Time.com article, “A Brief History of Marijuana Law in America”. Scott Martin is Professor …show more content…
Roger Morgan is a 20-year anti-drug activist and the founder of the Take Back America Campaign. Morgan gives reasons as to why Marijuana should remain a narcotic, stating that by adding a third legal drug along with alcohol and tobacco could be disastrous. He believes that prevention is the answer and the since Proposition 215 was passed the potency of Marijuana has escalated. He claims that dispensaries are selling poorly labeled products with potencies that have proven to be poisonous. Morgan states that in the last 50 years about 12,000 studies have led to the same conclusion and that is that Marijuana is a Schedule 1 narcotic because it has no medical application and has a potential for abuse. He doesn’t approve with the motive of legalizing it so as to efficiently study its medicinal purposes, to him that idea is “bizarre”. He also states that the American Medical Association believes that cannabis is a dangerous drug and poses a health concern. Morgan also does not believe that legalizing it will lower the crime rates, he goes on to use Colorado as an example, stating that taxes are not being paid there and that the black market has not gone away. He believes that the affects that chronic cam cause include permanent brain damage, loss of IQ, …show more content…
McClellan puts these two ideas together to make a clear irrefutable statement, “Economics 101 states that where there is demand, there will also be a supply and right now, the supply is mainly coming from Mexican Drug Cartels”. He states that by legalizing marijuana the United states could save an estimated 20$ million per year, and that is after one considers the amount of money and resources that would be saved by not arresting individuals on marijuana charges some as minor as simple possession. According to McClellan over a trillion dollars have been spent on marijuana law since the war on drugs began in 1971. There is no denying there is money to be made when it comes to marijuana and that is clearly seen by looking at states such as Colorado and Washington. The job and business opportunities that have been generated there are clearly seen when one looks at the revenue. Marijuana use and law is a worldwide topic and still the issues are the same when it comes to wasted police time and wasted tax dollars. In Canada for example Lucas Powers, Toronto based writer and photographer and writer of the CBSnews article, “Pot Legalization Coming, So Stop Possession Arrests, Say Some”, stated that the federal government currently spends about $4 million a year trying possession