Marijuana is already legal in some states like California, Colorado, and Washington and many more. Why not Texas? Texas is a very conservative state, it has been against the legalization of Marijuana for years. But why not try something new? Marijuana can be use for medical reason, in a article written by Antwanise Jackson it gives examples of how Marijuana can help people from suffering seizures and as well as treat glaucoma patients. Also with the help of Marijuana they formed a drug named dronabinol that helps patients with HIV and AIDS by increasing their appetite and stop losing weight.
Also by keeping Marijuana illegal we have had millions of drug related arrests and about 70 percent of those were dealing with Marijuana. The state is spending much more money on fighting against drugs, like processing and prosecutions of drug related arrests that they forget about other many more important things.
In another article written by Jaleesa Baulkman I found that legalizing Marijuana would not increase the crime rate like many people think. In this article it shows that when these states Alaska, California, Hawaii, Montana and many more were legalized crimes like, homicide, rape, robbery and burglary did not increase at all. If the increase of Marijuana crimes is not the fact that they use the drug and go do stupid things but the fact that is illegal. In 2013, 59 percent of drug possession arrests in Texas were for possession, so legalizing Marijuana will actually make the crime rate drop.
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I agree that marijuana should be legal in Texas. Not only does it help for medical purposes but like you stated above, drug related arrests will also decrease. It will also decrease the amount of money the government spends on housing inmates who are convicted for possession of marijuana. It costs about $65 per day to house an inmate in jail. This alone will save thousands maybe even millions of dollars throughout the country.
Although, a concern I keep in mind might be if marijuana does become legal, what will happen with drug dealers? They might just find another crime to make money, because drug convictions might decrease but is there a possibility that another crime could rise?
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