Should Marijuana be Legal

SHOULD MARIJUANA BE LEGALIZED

Marijuana is a drug obtained from crumpled and dried parts of the ubiquitous hemp plant Canabis Sativa or Cannabis Indica . It is smoked simply for pleasure , relaxation and an escape from reality . It is not necessarily addicting , but it is very habituating

Contrary to what most people think that marijuana users are physically dependent on the drug , users are actually psychologically dependent on it . Marijuana use is almost always associated with mental breakdown . But still , many urge marijuana legalization

The Positive

Freedom of Choice

The

case that many want to push through regarding the legalization of marijuana in the United States comes from the nation 's respect for the individual and his or her rights . The Declaration of Independence clearly states every citizen 's right to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness . If people believe that they acquire happiness through marijuana use , then they can apply their freedom of choice to attain that elation

Every individual should have the right to choose what he or she ingests into his or her body . If a person wants to smoke pot , then by all means let that person do so . They are not mindful of what they take in therefore , the others shouldn 't be as well

Earning Revenues

The US government has spent outrageous amounts just for the prohibition of marijuana , alone . A sum of One Billion dollars a year has been alotted for drug enforcement , but the illegal trading resumes . Thus , US government decided to double the police force . To make a long story short , a huge sum of American dollars has been spent on a failed policy Instead of wasting all that money , why not earn revenues instead

The taxes that are to be imposed on marijuana would be at the point of sale . The many companies that manufacture these drugs would also give their own share of income taxes , which are , in turn , added to the federal coffers . The government not only gives the citizens an opportunity to practice their freedom of choice , they also gain huge sums of money from it . It becomes a two-way beneficial relationship -- the government gets money , the people get marijuana

The US government can also reduce the amount spent on efforts regarding law enforcement because of the hovering possibility that drug enforcers would reduce their budget requests . The money can be used to enfore the use of hard drugs and more violent crimes instead . Earning revenues from the sale of marijuana is certainly a moneymaking opportunity and the US government should act fast and use this situation to their advantage

Prevent Overcrowding in Prisons

Decriminalization is drug supply-side control strategy that does a lot in discouraging useres , but removes the drugs from the criminal justice system , while imposing penalties on those who sell and traffic on the black market . Milton Friedman , an economist , has advocated the decriminalization of the use of marijuana , saying that the legalization would strongly eliminate the overcrowding of prisons

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