Proof That Decriminalizing Marijuana Can Help The Economy
by A very factual article proving that Legalizing Marijuana would benefit the economy.
Do you recall stories of Boarder Agents finding tunnels with up to 32 tons of marijuana that was being trafficked into the United States? The only reason why those tunnels exist is because of the United States’ policy on Marijuana. If the government held Marijuana to the same standards as tobacco or alcohol, it would be grown here privately and not smuggled into the Country by criminals.
This article is a small sample of things that would change if Marijuana was decriminalized.
An American Citizen is charged for a Marijuana related crime every 30 seconds. There were 1,663,582 marijuana related arrests in 2009 (13.0 percent of the total arrests in 2009)
“The U.S. federal government spent over $15 billion dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $500 per second.” Said drugsense.org
Can you believe that? That would cost the Fed 1.5 trillion over the next 100 years. And that’s just at the Federal level; local governments also spend money cracking down on Marijuana. This requires larger police forces, larger jails, and of course, the problem of people being locked up for possessing a dried flower.
Additionally, if you didn’t stop at decriminalization, and allowed for it to be sold under local restrictions like alcohol and tobacco, the expected tax revenue federally would be 6.2 billion annually. That’s 0.62 trillion in 100 years… That equals a 2.1 trillion federal savings over 100 years, without counting inflation.
That 2.1 trillion could be used to help pay for our huge debt, and help balance budgets for States and other local governments. And I’m not including the commercial and tax benefits of Hemp, that’s a separate but similar issue. Because Marijuana “Cannabis” is the drug, and Hemp, a rope like byproduct derived from Marijuana that cannot be used as a drug… The economic benefits of Hemp are much larger than Cannabis, because it is likely to replace cotton as the main material for fabric, replace trees for paper, as ass produce more than 5000 other products. (To learn more about Hemp, Read http://socyberty.com/issues/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-hemp/ )
In conclusion, decriminalizing Marijuana would have many great benefits for our economy, people, and environment.
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Post Commentrubysexy
On January 11, 2012 at 4:33 am
Nice article, but marijuana kills people.
nickmitchell20
On January 11, 2012 at 4:54 am
How does Marijuana kill people? There has never been any proof that pot causes any illness (It in fact is used as medicine) or cause deadly behavior.
PHILLY DREAMER
On January 11, 2012 at 3:31 pm
I will go one further than you. I think the U.S. needs to legalize all narcotics, and focus on controlling them. We waste entirely too much money trying to prevent people from doing what they will eventually do. You would think the prohibition era would have taught us this lesson, but still we throw money away trying to stop the trafficking of narcotics.
Eunike
On January 11, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Wow. Government must be very wise to not thinking only about economy but also about the future of children.
AshleyApathy
On January 13, 2012 at 6:21 am
pro weed right here
Fj Lynch
On January 24, 2012 at 12:16 pm
I agree 420%.
Fran DeLauraSmith
On January 31, 2012 at 10:27 pm
100 % agree with you!