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Your tax dollars? Haha... I don't think you understand the issue.

Right now there are tens of thousands of US citizens in prison on marijuana charges alone. It is estimated to cost about $50,000 a year to keep a person in prison. By legalizing drugs we would be saving tax dollars, plus actually helping people recover rather then locking them in a cage over what I think shouldn't be a crime. Also, releasing these people should pose no threat to society since their jail sentence was based on dealing/using drugs. Non-violent offenses.

Also, it wouldn't be all government paying the bills to help the addicts recover. There would be private organizations (hospitals) that would do a majority of the work probably (which the govt would subsidize obviously). Right now, needle exchange is legal in some states and nearly all of these organizations give clean needles for free to protect the user and promote responsible drug use.

And since you bring up wasting tax dollars... did you know there is a bridge in Alaska that cost millions of dollars to build and it is rarely being used? Also, there is this thing called the Iraq War that costs $80 billion a month, so wasting money is what our government is all about in my opinion. Plus those missions to Mars..... whew, such a waste of money. All of that (especially Mars shit) could be used for social programs.

Also, about six months ago I read an article about marijuana prohibition, and it said that the country would save $13,000,000 a year if marijuana were to become legal. This money would come mainly from taxes and lower prison populations.

With 5% of the worlds population, the United States has 25% of the world's prison population. We lock up more of our fellow citizens on drug charges ALONE than Western Europe locks up on ALL charges combined.


Also, Marijuana Prohibition was caused by racism.
The government was saying that the Mexicans were smoking marijuana and luring them into their house to sweet talk the women into having sex with the Mexican. Plus, the government was putting out false information on posters that said marijuana kills and makes you insane, ect. This led to another moral panic against marijuana (just like the cocaine negro one), and a few years later, marijuana was off the charts.

Marijuana might be the safest psychoactive substance known to man, even safer than caffeine and alcohol. This is why there has never been a recorded death caused by overdosing on marijuana, not one. It is believed by researchers that you would have to smoke four ounces instantly to possibly die from marijuana, which basically means it can't kill you on an overdose.

I say the government should stop holding our hands and letting us make our own decisions. Drugs are not going to go away, they were here since the beginning of time and will last until the end of time.