Legalizing marijuana has been one of the most controversially proposed legislation. However, the negative impacts shouldn’t weigh down the decision to legalize marijuana. Legalizing marijuana has its own benefits, such as using it for medical purposes to provide treatments, helping the government gain needed revenue, and can be more effective for law enforcement officers. Therefore, the U.S. federal government should legalize marijuana. If marijuana was legalized throughout all states, then people who are suffering from serious illnesses can have a sense of relief. Medical marijuana can relieve pain, nausea, and vomiting that can be caused by multiple sclerosis, cancer, and AIDS. For example, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) can help relieve pain, nausea, and reduce inflammation. Cannabidiol (CBD) can treat seizures, as well as reducing anxiety and paranoia. Recently, scientists reported that THC and CBD can slow the growth or cause the death of certain types of cancer cells. Since marijuana can relieve many symptoms and opens the world with new treatments, choosing not to legalize marijuana will cause these patients to continue living in pain and distress, while knowing that a
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Since governments struggle with rising costs, they look for new ways to gain needed revenue. One of these creative ways they look for gaining revenue is legalizing marijuana that can trigger the increase of revenue for local or state governments. In Colorado, after a year of legalizing marijuana, the revenue from retail marijuana totaled at least $40.9 million by October 2014, where $2.5 million was given to health professionals in public schools, and another $30.5 million given back to Colorado taxpayers. Therefore, without legalizing marijuana for revenue, roads that need to be repaired would be delayed and the creation of new parks would be pushed back, leading to unsatisfied
Since governments struggle with rising costs, they look for new ways to gain needed revenue. One of these creative ways they look for gaining revenue is legalizing marijuana that can trigger the increase of revenue for local or state governments. In Colorado, after a year of legalizing marijuana, the revenue from retail marijuana totaled at least $40.9 million by October 2014, where $2.5 million was given to health professionals in public schools, and another $30.5 million given back to Colorado taxpayers. Therefore, without legalizing marijuana for revenue, roads that need to be repaired would be delayed and the creation of new parks would be pushed back, leading to unsatisfied