what is the advantage of legalizing marijuana?

Answer 1

less people in jail (saves taxes, saves police work)

being able to tax the sales like we do for alcohol and tobacco

allowing farmers to grow it and get paid for it

allowing stores to sell it and make a profit

take away revenue for street thugs and gangs

take away revenue for drug lords all over the world

prevent people who use it from doing business with hard core bad people who will try to convince them to switch to more profitable, worse drugs like cocaine and crack

reduce violence in the streets among gang members vieing for turf to sell it

allow people who choose to use it to live a dignified, honest life and not be afraid of cops or against them

Answer 2

While I was a Police Officer in the 70's I went to College and did a term paper on Legalizing Marihuana and Prostitution. A lot of my resource material came from United Nations studies on those subjects. One of the primary reasons for legalization (according to my resource) was to decriminalize the offense's and bring them under control. I proposed that Marihuana should be treated like alcohol. Controlled and taxed by the State. Same penalties for driving under the influence, etc. Marihuana (by the way the spelling I use is the same spelling that New York State Penal Law uses) is no more addicting than alcohol.....Of course, limits must be imposed such as age and, like alcohol , limits for safe operation of a vehicle. Prostitution would become a legal profession. The state would require constant health monitoring to reduce Sexually Transmitted desease. Any Pro would be out of business if she (or he) did not have a current health card...the tax revenue realized from both of these enterprises would offset the tax burden on everyone.Look into the laws on this subject in Amsterdam

Answer 3

on the grounds that some million/3 of the U.S. inhabitants admits to using marijuana (and this isn't any longer people under 18 with the help of how) i think of the benefit is rather sparkling. it's going to make a lot money. How a lot do cigarette companies herald each year. think of of the activity opportunities... farming, harvesting, transport, packaging, and that's only the blue collar jobs it may create. for sure there will be a lot of opposition, yet i think of each little thing will cool down after approximately 5 years while all people sees that this is particularly an identical, on the grounds that all people is already doing it. only now you will no longer get arrested for it.

Answer 4

Statistics prove that ppl who are put in jail for possession of small amounts of marijuana spend 20% longer in jail that murderers & rapists. Look at what other drugs do to ppl. Marijuana is no more harmful than cigarettes, and cigarettes kill more ppl every year that some other drugs. Police would be able to spend more time getting harsher drugs off the streets, and spend more time getting the murderes & rapists & child molesters. Just a bit of info-I know a woman whose son-in-law intentionally murdered his 9 month old son(my friends grandson)-he spent 5 months in prison & was released.

Answer 5

The cops will be able to spend their time doing more important things.

People left unemployed by the decriminalization will have to become productive members of society.

People incarcerated for non-violent MJ offenses would be released from prison, and could finally become productive members of society.

More income will be available to spend on other non-contraband, as people who would otherwise spend $50+ a week on dope will instead plant a few seeds.

There are many reasons it won't happen. Chief among them is IF marijuana were legalized, what would potheads have to hope for?

Answer 6

When you decriminalize something like marijuana or alcohol, you remove the underlying support for a black market for the item. When prohibition was repealed the bootleggers went out of business. If the government ever decriminalizes marijuana, it will still have to arrest people who grow large amounts to ensure that the public only buys from them. The amount of money they could make staggers the imagination. They could afford to fund their dirty little wars and pay down the national debt and have some left over to put toward social programs for drug addicts... but you will never be able to convince some people (especially baby boomers) of the value of decriminalizing it.

Answer 7

In 1944 New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and the New York Academy of Medicine released the LaGuardia Marijuana Report, which after seven years of research, claimed that marijuana caused no violence and had certain positive medical benefits.

Answer 8

There are good reasons that marijuana is illegal.

The advantages to society are far, far less than the disadvantages in both human suffering and financial costs.

Do not fall for the "government could tax" argument. The proponents of legalizing alcohol during prohibition claimed that if the government could tax alcohol, we would no longer be paying Federal Income Tax and all of our other taxes would also be drastically reduced.

Instead, the great number of people who cannot use alcohol responsibly cost society greatly - both financially and in human suffering - DUIs, crime, domestic violence, etc.

We shouldn't be misled twice with the same promises.

Answer 9

The only advantage is that the idiots who want it legalized will finally shut up about it.

Answer 10

All of the answers above are great. And people that actually need it for medical purposes would no longer feel that thier doing something wrong. Even though it helps them in a variety of ways.