The Advantages of Being Legal

There are many arguments on the question of whether or not to legalize marijuana.
The benefits of legalizing marijuana include its medicinal value and its many uses to
produce commercial products like paper, rope, oil, textiles, and canvas. Another good
reason to legalize marijuana is that hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug offenders
are overpopulating prisons, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Legalization would also put marijuana dealers out of business and it would bring revenue to the government like alcohol and tobacco does. …