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A 3 page paper which argues how legalizing marijuana could help the economy and bring in new resources. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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alcohol during the Prohibition period. And, aside from the war on drugs proving ineffective, it has also cost the country a great deal money, as well as costing its victims
a great deal of suffering. The prisons today are sorely overcrowded due to non-violent drug offenders, individuals who do, on the average, more prison time than violent criminals. These are
all issues which clearly relate to the economy of the United States. We are overburdening our system with legal involvement in relationship to finding and incarcerating marijuana users. The following
paper argues how legalizing marijuana could easily benefit our economy. Legalizing Marijuana In understanding some of the economic benefits we turn to Nevada. In recent times it seems
that the state of Nevada is seeking to legalize marijuana, with the primary argument that it can boost the economic conditions of that state. While Nevada is only one small
portion of the country it does serve to offer us an example of many of the economic benefits to legalizing marijuana. The author states that "Supporters of an initiative
that would decriminalize marijuana in Nevada said the state would benefit from millions of dollars raised by selling and taxing the drug, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Aug. 24" (Economic
Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana Touted). The spokesman for Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement, Billy Rogers, stated "We are talking millions and millions of dollars of tax revenue....We figure there are
150,000 regular marijuana users in Nevada who might buy an ounce per month" (Economic Benefits of Legalizing Marijuana Touted). Without even knowing the cost of an average ounce of marijuana
in Nevada, we can see that the math adds up to an incredible amount of revenue for one single state. In further examining the possible revenue we turn to
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