Why Should Marijuana Be Legalized

Why should marijuana be legalized? Here are some beneficial factors on why should marijuana be legalized according to Jeffrey Miron, who is a professor of economics at Harvard University, he argues these key factors; the government budgets issues, the economic effects of marijuana legalization, taxes on marijuana should be monitored, the broader issues relate with marijuana legalization, effect of the ban, and many costs of the ban. In spite, some con factors according to David Frum, who is an author of the novel Patriots (2012) and is a commentator for CNN and the Daily Beast speaks about adolescent’s drugs usages of marijuana, drug cartel, and obtaining a medical-marijuana prescription. In addition, how it may affect our communities,

If marijuana would be legalized, it would be treated like any other regulated and taxed product such as alcohol and tobacco. Therefore, marijuana would be properly distributed and produced in legal market instead of the black market. The government would use resources and time instead of arresting, pressing charges, and incarcerating producers or consumers. Taxes on marijuana should be monitored carefully. The tax on legalized marijuana might be higher than other legalized products such as alcohol and tobacco but shouldn’t be elevated to where the marijuana market will go under or sold back on the streets. The revenue on legalized marijuana should be monitored by the mean to be no more extreme than alcohol and tobacco. The broader issues related with legalization of marijuana would be that the ban does not eliminate the market for marijuana; but instead it creates a black market. The ban affect the demand for marijuana in many ways such as “some” consumers “respect” the law; however, they land behind bars as well as receiving penalties for purchasing or possessing marijuana. The ban on marijuana increases the demand because it’s the “forbidden fruit,” according to

For example, Los Angeles is home to eight times as many dispensaries as they do Starbucks companies; therefore, the city was alarmed that the consumer who gathered at these dispensaries were associated with crimes such as burglary and murder. The City of Los Angeles voted to shut down approximately 800 dispensaries but fail through because marijuana users campaign against it and succeeded. Therefore, the city came at the situation another way by calling Proposition D to limit the amount of dispensaries at 135, raise marijuana taxes, and ban any dispensaries to be near school