The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana
In the United States, some people want to legalize a drug called marijuana. This drug comes from dried leaves from a hemp plant. Marijuana can be used as a cure and also used to harm your body. People have different views about marijuana. Some think that it can be used to help people that suffer from chronic pain and can help create jobs for the people in need of put-ting a roof on their head. Then there 's the people that think it will harm the people that don 't con-sume marijuana. It’s also an illegal drug which violates the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Which the Federal Government disapprove not only because it violates the law but the serious harm it can do to the economy and cause of safety reasons. I believe that legalizing marijuana should not happen because of the effect it can do to children and the health issues that are long term effects.
The reasons why marijuana should be legalized is because first it can help give the people a job. According to fox8.com Ian James said "We 're talking an average of 25 dollars per hour”. Most jobs in the US would not give 25 dollars for farming. …show more content…
The state best known for having legal marijuana is Colorado. The benefit of having marijuana legally grow in these two states is that economically it’s helping both these states. According to money.cnn.com "marijuana delivers $53 million dollars in tax revenue". Money is not the only thing that is big thing for Colorado. Marijuana is also bringing in tourists from not only in the United States but around the world because it quality is better than any the other legal states. Also people from the other states are coming to Colorado because marijuana is illegal in their states. Legalizing marijuana will be the key for the people using a safer drug in-stead of painful prescribed drugs and will give better paid
In the United States, some people want to legalize a drug called marijuana. This drug comes from dried leaves from a hemp plant. Marijuana can be used as a cure and also used to harm your body. People have different views about marijuana. Some think that it can be used to help people that suffer from chronic pain and can help create jobs for the people in need of put-ting a roof on their head. Then there 's the people that think it will harm the people that don 't con-sume marijuana. It’s also an illegal drug which violates the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Which the Federal Government disapprove not only because it violates the law but the serious harm it can do to the economy and cause of safety reasons. I believe that legalizing marijuana should not happen because of the effect it can do to children and the health issues that are long term effects.
The reasons why marijuana should be legalized is because first it can help give the people a job. According to fox8.com Ian James said "We 're talking an average of 25 dollars per hour”. Most jobs in the US would not give 25 dollars for farming. …show more content…
The state best known for having legal marijuana is Colorado. The benefit of having marijuana legally grow in these two states is that economically it’s helping both these states. According to money.cnn.com "marijuana delivers $53 million dollars in tax revenue". Money is not the only thing that is big thing for Colorado. Marijuana is also bringing in tourists from not only in the United States but around the world because it quality is better than any the other legal states. Also people from the other states are coming to Colorado because marijuana is illegal in their states. Legalizing marijuana will be the key for the people using a safer drug in-stead of painful prescribed drugs and will give better paid