4. Keeping Marijuana Illegal is Expensive
According to the ACLU, in 2010, the U.S. spent more than $3.6 billion on enforcing cannabis prohibition. It’s estimated that the U.S. will spend more than $20 billion over six years on keeping cannabis illegal. Why spend so much on money on keeping it illegal? Legalise it.
5. Legalizing Cannabis Creates Jobs
Colorado created 10,000 new jobs in the legal cannabis industry, boosting the economy and lowering the unemployment rate to just 6%, making it one of the lowest in the nation.
6. Extremely successful people smoke Marijuana.
So many extremely successful people smoke marijuana. Maya Angelou, Martha Stewart, Morgan Freeman, Ted Turner, Michael Bloomberg, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and even Rush Limbaugh are all high-functioning marijuana users.