I need a lengthy discussion. About 2 pages long.
2006-09-26 11:40:06 · 7 answers · asked by beeboroachgoingon197 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I'd do a search through www.yahooka.com, its a huge marijuana site/search engine. I wrote a report awhile ago about pot heres a paragaph from it that might help:
we still pay thousands of dollars of tax payers money to lock up non dangerous "criminals" yearly even though most aren't going to stop after they get out of jail. Don't you think the money spent here is a waste? Couldn't it be going to more useful things such as hospitals, disease research, or better schools? These are the things that would benifit the people of this country. Certanily you would rather benefit the people more than throwing a non violent pot head in jail who was only trying to smoke a joint and relax after a long days work in jail. There is up to forty million regular (note thats just the regular not occasional users) drug users in the United states. If we were to throw all of them in jail it would cost $500,000 per million people, plus the cost and space of building many more prisons. Couldm't that money be spent on building hospitals? There's already about 1.5 million people tax payers are paying to keep in jail over drugs. From 1990 to 2003, nearly 5.9 million people had been arrested for smoking marijuana. Thats a greater number than the entire population of Alaska, Delaware, The District of Columbia, Montania, North and South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming combined. This country simply can't afford to put 40 million more in jail.
2006-09-27 03:35:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Hightimes.com and do a search for articles there, of course they are pro marajuana. Try the DEA.com website, but they will be on the other side.
Do a search on the economist website as it is a pretty complete economics magazine that has had articles on related topics over the years!
2006-09-26 18:45:34 · answer #2 · answered by motohype 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book Freakonomics talks about the economic effects of drug use and trafficking.
2006-09-26 18:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by Lance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can only take an educated guess on that .. since it is not a legal substance in the USA .. figures like that are not available .. at least, not to the public. Good Luck ! :)
2006-09-26 18:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the bad part of town and take a look.
2006-09-26 18:41:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dig around here, you'll find it.
http://norml.com/index.cfm?Group_ID=3418
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2006-09-26 18:47:54 · answer #6 · answered by joe b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know
2006-09-26 18:43:05 · answer #7 · answered by alissamoniqueluera 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋