Persuasive Speech About Legalizing Marijuana

Many of us know marijuana as a bad drug and to stay away from it, but should you? By making marijuana legal our country’s government could save anywhere from 1 billion dollars to 13 billion. It would clear up jails and prisons, which will make room for more serious crimes. Marijuana is actually safer than most legalized and has tons of health benefits and that can't be said for all drugs. By making marijuana legal it will do more good than harm.
Wouldn't you love to add over one billion dollars to our government's budget? Which will affect your daily life. You may ask, well how does making marijuana legal save money. Here’s your answer. Just by enforcing the prohibition of marijuana cost roughly seven billion dollars, annually according to legal.org. It cost 6 billion on taxes. You may be saying well it's still not worth it. According to msnbc.com after Colorado legalized marijuana it has had zero negative effects and has even brought 135 million dollars into their state government. Don't you want that everywhere? Eight of our country’s States and our country's Capital have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, none of them have had any bad effects after legalizing it. …show more content…
It can even be used as a sleeping aid and no one has ever overdosed on marijuana. It isn't even a gateway drug. A gateway drug is a drug that leads into you using other drugs. It has a very low risk of abuse and is not toxic to your body by any means. Even medical marijuana is legal, why shouldn't recreational use of it be too? It can treat glaucoma can reverse the carcinogenic effects of tobacco and improve lung health, helps to control epileptic seizures, decreases symptoms of Dravet’s Syndrome, and it can even stop cancer from growing. It can decrease anxiety and slow the progression of Alzheimer's and ease the pain of multiple sclerosis. That's not even all the health benefits it