Review Of Jeff Hunt's Essay: Don T Legalize Marijuana

Prompt 1: Jeff Hunt’s article, Marijuana Devastated Colorado, Don’t Legalize it Nationally, details his concerns with the nation’s continuing acceptance of marijuana. He specifically discusses the introduction of the Marijuana Justice Act from Senator Cory Booker. This act would legalize weed across the nation and punish communities that do not conform. Hunt goes onto explain that the legalization of weed would bring more than devastation than relief. He exemplifies Colorado and the adverse effects the state has suffered since legalization such as an increase traffic deaths, poison control calls, hospital visits, and the marijuana black market. One of the ideal benefits of marijuana would be the tax revenue brought into schools, but this has shown as an unimpressive amount than expected. Booker states that legalizing weed will decrease the amount of minority incarceration in low-income neighborhoods, however, Colorado has disproved that theory because the minority youth incarceration rates increased 29% after its legalization. Booker then details a study that stated, …show more content…
Hunt discussed valid points that pushed a very negative narrative for the legalization and recreational use of marijuana. These points included statistics derived from Colorado after the legalization of marijuana. Reading about the adverse effects effected my previous opinion of the legalization of weed. I honestly think weed can be legalized and used safely and intentionally without harm, under a more controlled setting. Just because it is legalized doesn’t mean it should be extremely easy to obtain. Hunt’s statistics are being used to show his view, but there are also various positive results of the legalization of weed. There’s two sides to this narrative and he’s only representing one side, so I feel he successfully wrote his article by making me feel conflicted about my