Change is inevitable, it is a universal constant that everything in our world is subject to. And so long as change is in the right direction, in the words of Winston Churchill, “there is nothing wrong with change… to improve is to change”. As of 2015, four of the fifty states have legalized the purchase of marijuana and many states have been heading toward this direction by decriminalizing the small possession and use of the drug by severely reducing the penalties to small fines. US law is changing toward the eventual legalization of marijuana in the majority of states and on the federal level. The end on the prohibition on marijuana is a change in the right direction, despite what its opposition from an older conservative crowd may argue. This is a positive change for the nation because it would increase state tax revenue, lower federal and state government spending on the war on drugs, would hurt the drug cartels of mexico, and because the majority of US citizens are for the legalization of marijuana ( 58 percent).
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An estimated 7.6 billion dollars is spent by state and local law enforcement on the enforcement of the prohibition of marijuana. Increased tax income from marijuana will benefit states by providing more funding towards education and law enforcement. In a country plagued by debt it would be especially beneficial to be spending billions less on the enforcement of the prohibition on marijuana and instead bringing in billions from the taxation of
An estimated 7.6 billion dollars is spent by state and local law enforcement on the enforcement of the prohibition of marijuana. Increased tax income from marijuana will benefit states by providing more funding towards education and law enforcement. In a country plagued by debt it would be especially beneficial to be spending billions less on the enforcement of the prohibition on marijuana and instead bringing in billions from the taxation of