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Persuasive Essay On Legalizing Marijuana

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Cush, weed, pot, cannabis, many names for one thing; marijuana. Do you normally only thing of the downsides of weed? Did you ever think it could have health benefits? There's been a long debate in the US for a long time, all about whether or not it should be legalized. There's many pluses to legalizing marijuana such as, the boost it'll have on the justice system, we can tax it, binging us in money, and it provides pain relief.

The legalization of cannabis will allow for a better performing criminal justice system and law enforcement, according to . Legalizing weed will provide police officers with more money and time to go after other criminals committing violence, hate, or other crimes. In thee 1930s lots of propaganda was spread, saying that weed made people crazy, or violence. However, this is very much so propaganda. Nothing has been proven that weed could have this effect on people. …show more content…

Ergo letting the government get the befits from this. They could use the money for schools, roads, and other things. Not only will we get money from taxing it, but we'll have to farm it, and ship. All proving jobs. Along with the money befits, but there'll be less drug dealers. Selling the weed legally is much cheaper than buying it off the streets, the lack of their business will make our streets safer. However it has been discussed that the legalization of weed will lead to kids trying the drug. Having said that, a survey done by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment showed that with the legalizing of weed they're less likely to thing of drugs as a bad thing and are less likely to try

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