Could Legalizing Marijuana Help the Economy?
By Alex Kingsbury, Washington Whispers
FDR spent his first few days in office fixing the banks, and then he legalized beer. President Obama has buoyed the banks; what about legalizing marijuana? asks Keith Stroup, the attorney who founded the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in 1970. For decades, Stroup has argued that legalizing pot would produce mega tax windfalls, and now, officials of states zonked out by the fiscal crisis—Texas, Tennessee, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania—are asking Stroup for the 411 on ganja green. "As smokers," he adds, "we're raising our hands and saying: 'Tax us!' "
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legalizing marijuana
i think that we should legalize it. it makes you have a good feeling and i believe that if it grows on the earth we should be able to do what we want and use it how we want. This is supposed to be a free country and we are supposed to have our freedom so y the heck dont they let us have it?
Marijuana legalized, please.
The DEA's strong opposition to legalizing marijuana makes me wonder if any single person in that organization has ever done any drug. They arrest the users and dealers on the street and label them as criminals when in fact they are too criminals themselves. The laws against marijuana are subjective and biased. Should they have the right to make arrests through laws based on opinion? NO! There is no evidence whatsoever regarding marijuana being a dangerous drug.
The biggest problem with our so-called "democracy" is that it isn't one at all -- it is a represantative republic. The citizens that are "represented" are the elite high-class of society with super-traditional views and beliefs. Meaning that the reason marijuana isn't legal because the rich traditionalists don't care enough about anyone else, especially under-class, who disagree with them. The opposers in this revolution are high class politicians, company owners, born-rich families, traditionalists, most democrats(ironically), and mother's of teens mislabeled as "drugees."
Don't get me wrong. There are those who abuse marijuana and become hazardous to themselves but never to an extent of hurting others. Also, it is literally impossible to overdose on marijuana. Why is it still a Class 1 Narcotic...? Answer me that with a legitimate, reasonable, HEALTH-BASED answer!
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marijuana should definintly be legalized for many reasons and weed is awesome another reason is that it will help our economy
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