Marijuan The Pseudo Gate Way Drug - 924 Words

Marijuana: The Pseudo Gate way Drug My thesis states that the federal government of United States of America should legalize marijuana. Legalizing would not only benefit the people of need for medical uses but also our economy for recreational use. In the year of 2014 the state of Colorado was the one of the first few states to legalize the use of recreational marijuana. Colorado retailers sold $386 million of medical marijuana and $313 million for purely recreational purposes (Ingraham). Within one year of the legalization of cannabis, Colorado cannabis market was able to generate nearly seven hundred million dollars. The money garnered from the market is not only significant but also the taxation of it will benefit sectors in need nationally. For an example since the legalization of cannabis in Colorado it has gained $15.6 million in tax revenues, the funds benefit a called â€Å"Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant program meant to generate additional funding for public schools in the state to renew or r eplace deteriorating facilities. Despite the fact of the potential market boom and it benefiting other sectors, prohibitionist groups urge that cannabis is a threat to society and its youth. An organization known as â€Å"Save Our Society from Drugs (S.O.S)† claims that the use of medical marijuana is a scam is by special interest groups used to exploit the sick and dying. According to Save Our Society from Drugs, crude cannabis does not have any medical properties