The Costs of Legalizaing Marijuana

People all over the world have shown that the motivation to profit from the product over and over the relevant moral significance. Unfortunately, marijuana has become like this. Recently, voices calling for legalization of this medicine exacerbate claims such as economic, healthy and social benefits. These claims are not only incorrect, we can not understand the reality of these efforts. Social and medical expenses can overwork society for overall benefit.

Cost of Cannabis war Marijuana war is done with huge monetary cost and influence on human life. In 2011, more than 660,000 people were arrested on the possession of marijuana 25. The enforcement of the federal marijuana law (including imprisonment) is estimated to cost at least $ 5.5 billion annually. As in the case of the drug war, the war with cannabis imbalanced influence on the color society. According to the National Color Improvement Association (NAACP), African Americans are imprisoned 13 times more for drug-related crimes than Caucasians.

Legalization of marijuana Have you ever wondered why marijuana is illegal? Keeping the illegal cost of marijuana taxpayers a lot of money, not even an effective way to solve cannabis use problems. If people want to use marijuana, you have the right to choose. Except for people who use marijuana, the use of marijuana does not affect anyone, so why should not they choose to use marijuana. According to the legal institution of marijuana, the criminalization of hemp is not so.

Legalization of marijuana has not been used since the 1970 's. Various authors conducted social welfare analysis on legalization of marijuana, summarized the benefits of reducing law enforcement costs, increasing treatment costs, and potential tax calculations. However, the specific benefits and losses of cannabis caused by legalization are overwhelmed by the uncertainty of its impact on alcohol consumption. Damage by alcohol is twice as much as cannabis damage, so a 10% increase or decrease in alcohol abuse may outweigh the change in results related to cannabis.

Supporters of legalization of marijuana often argue rationalization of marijuana. That is, the cost of alcohol and tobacco is much higher than the cost of marijuana. ASAM recognizes that illegal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco are being used more widely, and in many cases it will cause a great deal of damage to marijuana and, in some cases, harm more than all illegal drugs its big. Nonmedical use of prescription drugs is currently the fastest growing drug problem in the United States. The evidence provided by these illegal drugs indicates that the use of the drug itself, not its illegality, is a public health threat to the public. Currently, legitimate drugs cause serious damage to public health, causing enormous economic burden and health burden. These costs far exceed US tax revenues for the sale of these two substances ($ 14 billion in alcohol and $ 25 billion in tobacco). The same can be said about lawful cannabis. 2)