Introduction
Legalization of marijuana has been a hot-button issue in the United States for quite some time. The supporters argued that legalization would increase state revenue, increase public safety, lower crime rate, and the black market and lower government spending on crime-fighting. The opposition argued the crime rate would increase, the black market would thrive, decreased public safety, and more government spending spent on crime fighting The opposition has fought valiantly against legalization, but has lost in a number of states, whether that be for medicinal or recreational purposes. Since Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana in 2012, effects are just now being seen. While there are negative effects that have derived from legalization, the positives have outweighed them. Medicinal marijuana has been found to help cancer and Crohn’s patients regain their appetites and ease the pain, along with helping depression, bipolar and other mental illnesses.
Literature Review
Marijuana is good for public health. Marijuana is commonly used by a segment of the population who has a high school degree or less and with little earning power. D. Mark Anderson’s research, an …show more content…
More people are beginning to accept marijuana and is leading more people to use it. The possibility arises that legalization is not a consequence of more people using marijuana, but the cause of it. The state’s effort to legalize the drug like alcohol and cigarettes may give people the idea that marijuana is similar. Along with this, supply and demand begin to affect. The idea is that the more people using marijuana, the prices would plunge. In Colorado, the prices from high-quality marijuana have stayed lower than that of medium grade. This would be due to the fact that more people are buying high quality. However, both low grade and high grade have seen dramatic fluxes in
Legalization of marijuana has been a hot-button issue in the United States for quite some time. The supporters argued that legalization would increase state revenue, increase public safety, lower crime rate, and the black market and lower government spending on crime-fighting. The opposition argued the crime rate would increase, the black market would thrive, decreased public safety, and more government spending spent on crime fighting The opposition has fought valiantly against legalization, but has lost in a number of states, whether that be for medicinal or recreational purposes. Since Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana in 2012, effects are just now being seen. While there are negative effects that have derived from legalization, the positives have outweighed them. Medicinal marijuana has been found to help cancer and Crohn’s patients regain their appetites and ease the pain, along with helping depression, bipolar and other mental illnesses.
Literature Review
Marijuana is good for public health. Marijuana is commonly used by a segment of the population who has a high school degree or less and with little earning power. D. Mark Anderson’s research, an …show more content…
More people are beginning to accept marijuana and is leading more people to use it. The possibility arises that legalization is not a consequence of more people using marijuana, but the cause of it. The state’s effort to legalize the drug like alcohol and cigarettes may give people the idea that marijuana is similar. Along with this, supply and demand begin to affect. The idea is that the more people using marijuana, the prices would plunge. In Colorado, the prices from high-quality marijuana have stayed lower than that of medium grade. This would be due to the fact that more people are buying high quality. However, both low grade and high grade have seen dramatic fluxes in