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Legalization of Marijuana To Save Lives and Tax Money |
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Published by NORMLkeegan on Jun 26, 2009
Category: Law Reform
Region: United States of America
Target: Federal Government
Background (Preamble):
Marijuana should be legalized for several reasons.
Reason number one, people are being put in prison for minor possession of marijuana, not only does this fill up prisons, it can ruin ones chances of getting a job in the future even though they are a non-violent offender.
Reason number two, marijuana was criminalized because a politician who was supported by alcohol companies made marijuana look bad during the alcohol prohibition, so that alcohol would be legalized and marijuana would be criminalized.
Third reason, although people can legally get medical marijuana, until the recreational use of marijuana is legalized, the DEA can bust and medical marijuana patient at any time, thus sending innocent people with illness' into prison. Recently, a 66 year old cancer patient was busted for cultivation of marijuana, even though he had a license to grow, and is now facing felony charges. My final point is that around $9 billion of tax money is spent on incarcerating and trials for those arrested for marijuana possession.
If marijuana is legalized, regulated, and taxed it would bring in an estimated revenue upwards $10 billion. Also, the cultivation of hemp would be a lot easier if marijuana were legalized, also new bio-fuels could be created from this hemp.
Reason number one, people are being put in prison for minor possession of marijuana, not only does this fill up prisons, it can ruin ones chances of getting a job in the future even though they are a non-violent offender.
Reason number two, marijuana was criminalized because a politician who was supported by alcohol companies made marijuana look bad during the alcohol prohibition, so that alcohol would be legalized and marijuana would be criminalized.
Third reason, although people can legally get medical marijuana, until the recreational use of marijuana is legalized, the DEA can bust and medical marijuana patient at any time, thus sending innocent people with illness' into prison. Recently, a 66 year old cancer patient was busted for cultivation of marijuana, even though he had a license to grow, and is now facing felony charges. My final point is that around $9 billion of tax money is spent on incarcerating and trials for those arrested for marijuana possession.
If marijuana is legalized, regulated, and taxed it would bring in an estimated revenue upwards $10 billion. Also, the cultivation of hemp would be a lot easier if marijuana were legalized, also new bio-fuels could be created from this hemp.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, call on the Federal Government of The United States of America to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.
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