Wise to Legalize?
1) Here in the United States a war is being fought, this war has been going on for nearly a century in our country alone, this war is one that cannot be won by the U.S. government unless it finally realizes its mistake and legalizes the drug which we call marijuana. Fighting the drug war costs the American people 28 billion tax dollars every year to enforce a law which restricts the rights of the people in the U.S. to choose what they want to do when they are in their own home. This figure doesn't even take into consideration the many families that have been torn apart because of the consequences that are involved in the using of marijuana. 2) a) If marijuana were to be legalized, the American people would save 10 billion dollars in federal enforcement, 10 billion in state and local enforcement, 8 billion in other enforcement costs, a
c) Marijuana has been a part of the American culture since it was first colonized. The first Europeans to sail over here had ropes, bibles, clothes, and maps that were all made from hemp. Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson advocated a hemp-based economy. Marijuana has been used as an intoxicant in the United States since the 1920's. 3) Marijuana, William Dudley, Greenhaven Press, Inc: 1999 2) Drugs and The Law, Neil A. Grauer, Chelsea House Publishers: 1988 3) a) This is definitely a national problem because we spend 10 billion federal tax dollars every year to enforce this law. 1) Legalization: A Debate, Eliot Marshall, Chelsea House Publishers: 1988
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