Should marijuana be legal for recreational use in every state besides California and Colorado? People are going to smoke marijuana, whether it’s legal or not. In 1937, congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act, in order to criminalize marijuana and restricting it for medical and recreational use. In addition, marijuana was considered to be an illegal drug that promotes violence and could promote young teenager to smoke it. However, in 2014 marijuana was legalized in Colorado, California, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon; hopefully, it will be allowed in every state. Marijuana should be legal because of the health benefits and helps save money and gain tax revenue.
First of all, marijuana was clinically proven to have positive results for health issues. …show more content…
Our police department spends countless hours arresting marijuana users. For instance, police officers arrest marijuana users every fifty-one seconds, according to Nick Wing the author of the article Police Arrested Someone For Weed Possession Every 51 Seconds. Not all marijuana offenders get jail time but it is documented criminal background. This report can keep them from getting a job, housing benefits, and loan, according to the article “6 Powerful Reasons to Legalize Marijuana” by Owen Poindexter. In addition, Poindexter claims, “the taxpayers spent more than $3.6 billion for law enforcement capturing marijuana users. This is too much money for our government to be spending on nonviolent crimes. However, police officers are wasting time booking and incarcerating marijuana smokers. Furthermore, the government needs to stop wasting time on marijuana laws and let police focus on murders, rapists, and bank robbers not marijuana smokers. Instead, the government needs to spend millions of dollars on improving the living conditions, advancing education, and health issues, not spend money for nonviolent …show more content…
Marijuana has been found to give cancer patients positive results by relieving painful symptoms and increase their food take to help them gain weight back from going under treatment. Also, marijuana slows down cancer and tumor growth. On the other hand, marijuana should be legal marijuana will help save money and time. For instance, taxpayers spend millions of dollars to lock up nonviolent marijuana smoker leading prisons to be overcrowded. Also, marijuana should be legal to restore the economy by gaining tax revenue. For instance, having marijuana sold in regulated marijuana can help our state gain millions of dollars similar to Colorado. Even though marijuana highly recommend for medical use, but will the government legalize it to ease our pain and save
First of all, marijuana was clinically proven to have positive results for health issues. …show more content…
Our police department spends countless hours arresting marijuana users. For instance, police officers arrest marijuana users every fifty-one seconds, according to Nick Wing the author of the article Police Arrested Someone For Weed Possession Every 51 Seconds. Not all marijuana offenders get jail time but it is documented criminal background. This report can keep them from getting a job, housing benefits, and loan, according to the article “6 Powerful Reasons to Legalize Marijuana” by Owen Poindexter. In addition, Poindexter claims, “the taxpayers spent more than $3.6 billion for law enforcement capturing marijuana users. This is too much money for our government to be spending on nonviolent crimes. However, police officers are wasting time booking and incarcerating marijuana smokers. Furthermore, the government needs to stop wasting time on marijuana laws and let police focus on murders, rapists, and bank robbers not marijuana smokers. Instead, the government needs to spend millions of dollars on improving the living conditions, advancing education, and health issues, not spend money for nonviolent …show more content…
Marijuana has been found to give cancer patients positive results by relieving painful symptoms and increase their food take to help them gain weight back from going under treatment. Also, marijuana slows down cancer and tumor growth. On the other hand, marijuana should be legal marijuana will help save money and time. For instance, taxpayers spend millions of dollars to lock up nonviolent marijuana smoker leading prisons to be overcrowded. Also, marijuana should be legal to restore the economy by gaining tax revenue. For instance, having marijuana sold in regulated marijuana can help our state gain millions of dollars similar to Colorado. Even though marijuana highly recommend for medical use, but will the government legalize it to ease our pain and save