While marijuana remains illegal under the federal law, several states are taking steps towards legalizing the drug in minuscule amounts so that their use and distribution could be regulated just like for alcohol and tobacco. The greatest advantage of this step is that it would benefit the country in the shape of taxes that would come swarming in, immediately after the drug’s legalization. At present, the drug is legal in four of the fifty US states inclusive of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Colorado. The country’s capital Washington D.C. also took a step towards legalizing the drug during the 2014 election.
The reason for the step towards legalization and the current debate is to see how we may benefit from the policy that allows the use and distribution of the drug within the country under government and state supervision. With the step in the future, we will be looking forward to the creation of number of job opportunities and also sound economic benefits in the society. Where the sale and distribution were under the wraps and not considered in any legal respect, surely the inclusion of revenue from marijuana into the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would serve affirmative rationale.
It is consequently safe to say the aforementioned reasons and also many other supports the legalization of the drug in the country.
