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Consequentialist Libertarian said 02/28, 02:03 AM
Marijuana has never killed a single person. Cigs kill 440,000 a year. Its effects aren't as strong as alcohol and considering 70,000 people die a year from alcohol poisoning its quite apparent that neither are its risks. The benefits have been proven time and time again however our government fails to recognize this.
By legalizing marijuana and imposing gov't regulation and taxation upon it, you effectively eliminate much of the income of gangs, therefore dramatically lowering intercity crime, etc; this would also help eat away at the federal deficit and provide consumers with a more pure drug free from contamination.
By legalizing marijuana you would be keeping some 700,000 victimless "criminals" out of prison a year. The price tag on this is astronomical.
Think about all the benefits, and remember all those people who are serving time in jail for something that is harming no one, is less harmful than several legalized substances, and actually has several medical benefits. The government wastes trillions of dollars a year fighting a war on drugs that has only increased the demand and lowered the price; it???s a complete abuse of power and in fact, extremely unconstitutional.