Pros And Cons Of Marijuana Legalization

If the medical and recreational purposes of cannabis aren’t enough to persuade someone into the favour of legalization, learning what positive contributions cannabis can do for their country might. The first action that would take place after legalization would be to pardon inmates that are incarcerated for cannabis related crimes. “30 minutes into the conference, Trudeau announced the big news that all members of the parliament have agreed to – and that is pardoning all Canadian prisoners who have been convicted of a minor or major offence of marijuana.” (The Global Sun, 2016). Justin Trudeau the Prime minister of Canada informed the canadian people of the action during a press-conference in Ottawa. As people are being released from prison

This would raise Canada’s standard of living by increasing income and bringing the community together. As new businesses and jobs are being opened the only question is, ‘How much money is being made?’ British Columbia has legalized cannabis for medical usage, after a year the cannabis industry in B.C was worth 34 billion canadian dollars profit. This is excluding recreational use. This is not including the factor of tourism or legalizing the drug for recreational purposes either. There are estimates of 90 billion dollar profit from tourism in Canada after cannabis products are legalized. With tourism potential and the profit made by cannabis itself, the income and revenue will be overwhelming. Hemp can provide a strong environmental structure because of its ability to extract more paper than any other plant per acre. Hemp is the same as cannabis but with little to non trichomes. This would save Canada billions of dollars and help with the ecosystem. Cannabis can provide contributions to Canada medically, economically and

Colorado a state in United States of America was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana which was in legalized in January 2014. Since they have legalized cannabis employment rates are only increasing as well as the revenue made. No statistics show that crime rates have increased in fact they are decreasing considering Colorado’s government has seen a 98% decrease in cannabis related arrests. “Strauss found that the economic impact of the two dispensaries amounted to 280 jobs and $30 million in total economic output between January 1, 2014 and June 30, 2014, and that the two dispensaries contribute 10 times the tax revenue of either a typical restaurant or retail store.” (Drug Policy Alliance, 2015). These are statistics based off of two dispensaries in Colorado after a year of legalization. After only 6 months the two dispensaries made a revenue of 30 million us dollars. This is only one example of a positive role model for Canada. Other country and state role models are Washington, D.C, Netherlands and Spain. If Canada legalizes cannabis in result of our community and already known contribution towards cannabis, Canada could be one of the strongest country role models to look up to in relation to legalization of