I chose the commentary Benefits of Marijuana Reform from The American Machine Blog. I chose this article because I too agree that the use of marijuana should be legalized. I do not smoke, and I am not a fan of it, but I do agree with this commentary and that smoking marijuana should be legalized. This blog discusses the possible economic gains of legalizing marijuana in the United States. If legalized such gains may come from "...the taxes that could be set on marijuana-similarly to the tobacco taxes...," causing a large increase in revenue for our country. Also, because it is a trending and controversial topic, it has been said that marijuana can be used for medical purposes.
The blog also discusses how the government would save money if marijuana was to become legal, because money would not be spent on those persons in jail for having posession of marijuana. Because money is spent on prisoners we lose money because there are so many, but if none are convicted of this specific charge then our government would be saving money, even if it is just a little. I definitely agree that drug kingpins would lose power if marijuana was to become legal.
A few concerns of mines if marijuana is legalized are what will stop people from growing it themselves, or how much would the person be allowed to intake? How do we keep the youth and underage people from smoking it? Lastly, would this cause concern for another law to be put in place with this reform?
No comments:
Post a Comment