Legalization Of Marijuana
The United States Of America’s Declaration of Independence says, we are subject to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." These unalienable rights are taken away under the illegalization of marijuana. As other substances like alcohol are legal, marijuana should be too. The wishes of our Founding Fathers should not be broken unless our liberty and happiness lead to adverse consequences and the use of marijuana does not. I strongly believe in the legalization of marijuana as there are no major health effects, it can be used for medicinal purposes, and it can help our nation get out of it’s debt crisis. Marijuana has been ingested for some 10,000 years and there has not been one death recorded from it’s use. The main active substance tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, links to neurotransmitters in our brains that induce effects such as euphoria, anxiety, and even auditory and visual hallucinations. These are some of the symptoms that produce the "high" that users get …show more content…
If states legalized and put taxes on marijuana, they would generate billions of dollars annually in profit. Lucia Graves from the Huffington post explains how "The federal government could save as much as $13.7 billion annually if it were to legalize marijuana." In addition, jobs involving the production and distribution of marijuana would rapidly open, thus reducing the unemployment rate. Take Colorado for example. Just around a year ago the state legalized recreational marijuana use an they have never been better. The article from Policy.Mic.com on pot in Colorado enlightens us that, "The state brought in $36.5 million in tax revenue through the first 11 months of 2014, all thanks to medical and recreational marijuana." In fact, Colorado’s weed industry is making so much money that they are giving it back to the people. Everyone’s happy here, even the
The United States Of America’s Declaration of Independence says, we are subject to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." These unalienable rights are taken away under the illegalization of marijuana. As other substances like alcohol are legal, marijuana should be too. The wishes of our Founding Fathers should not be broken unless our liberty and happiness lead to adverse consequences and the use of marijuana does not. I strongly believe in the legalization of marijuana as there are no major health effects, it can be used for medicinal purposes, and it can help our nation get out of it’s debt crisis. Marijuana has been ingested for some 10,000 years and there has not been one death recorded from it’s use. The main active substance tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, links to neurotransmitters in our brains that induce effects such as euphoria, anxiety, and even auditory and visual hallucinations. These are some of the symptoms that produce the "high" that users get …show more content…
If states legalized and put taxes on marijuana, they would generate billions of dollars annually in profit. Lucia Graves from the Huffington post explains how "The federal government could save as much as $13.7 billion annually if it were to legalize marijuana." In addition, jobs involving the production and distribution of marijuana would rapidly open, thus reducing the unemployment rate. Take Colorado for example. Just around a year ago the state legalized recreational marijuana use an they have never been better. The article from Policy.Mic.com on pot in Colorado enlightens us that, "The state brought in $36.5 million in tax revenue through the first 11 months of 2014, all thanks to medical and recreational marijuana." In fact, Colorado’s weed industry is making so much money that they are giving it back to the people. Everyone’s happy here, even the