Can legalisation of Cannabis help US economy?

[romero121]

This is the kind of idea which comes from people who want to destroy USA and see its demoralization and social collapse.
In no way legalization of cannabis will help anyone's economy. First because the *legal* cannabis will be more expensive than the *illegal* one, so the drug dealers will still exist and they will offer their product for a cheaper price. Second that with so many harmful effects to the brain, drugs users will need health assistance in the future, increasing the demand in health sector, what may force the government to spend more money on this sector to support these people. Third that by legalizing cannabis you are endorsing the usage of another drugs like crack (for the poorest ones), cocaine, heroine and so on... Increasement of homeless population may happen too.

Legalizing cannabis doesn't solve anything, it just creates another kinds of problems for the country.
And if you are still confident about how good this idea is, ask the enemies of USA to implement such thing on their country first, so we can have that as an practical example.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else...

Agreed, legalizing cannabis doesn't gonna help with the economy upliftment of any country. As said when it is legalized for the medical needs automatically the market value for the same will be placed high, which will surely make people to go through illegal or other means to get it cheaper.

Few states have legalized the usage of cannabis. Maybe the revenue can be stabilized with legalized cannabis. People gets affected and for cure they go in search of retreat centers.

[Kavelj22]

I don't know if Cannabis demand in America are high or not, if the demand high it should be able to help the US economy.
But Cannabis is one of those dangerous to the health of the body if used in the long term, therefore in my opinion legalizing
Cannabis is not the best solution to help the American economy. Not because want to help the US economy, it is the American
population who is at a disadvantage, as we know there are many negative effects caused by Cannabis.

Cannabis demand in any country is high and we all know that the criminalisation of cannabis didn't prevent people from using it either for medical purposes or for just having fun.

Legalisation of Cannabis becomes a wise policy to get control over the illegal traffic and to benefit from a big market with huge demand. I knew that some states already legalise it, so just compare their economic status before and after legalisation to see the impact.

[wxxyrqa]

I don't know if Cannabis demand in America are high or not, if the demand high it should be able to help the US economy.
But Cannabis is one of those dangerous to the health of the body if used in the long term, therefore in my opinion legalizing
Cannabis is not the best solution to help the American economy. Not because want to help the US economy, it is the American
population who is at a disadvantage, as we know there are many negative effects caused by Cannabis.

Cannabis demand in any country is high and we all know that the criminalisation of cannabis didn't prevent people from using it either for medical purposes or for just having fun.

Legalisation of Cannabis becomes a wise policy to get control over the illegal traffic and to benefit from a big market with huge demand. I knew that some states already legalise it, so just compare their economic status before and after legalisation to see the impact.

I suppose one should look for the reasons why cannabis is prohibited in some states. The fact is that everything can be explained very simply, when the government prohibits something, then it illegally heads it. Legalizing cannabis and turning this "river" into a legal channel will do good to society and the entire state.

[South Park]

I don't know if Cannabis demand in America are high or not, if the demand high it should be able to help the US economy.
But Cannabis is one of those dangerous to the health of the body if used in the long term, therefore in my opinion legalizing
Cannabis is not the best solution to help the American economy. Not because want to help the US economy, it is the American
population who is at a disadvantage, as we know there are many negative effects caused by Cannabis.

The same can be said about alcohol and yet it is legal, and that is because even when the US government tried to ban it at the end the will of the population won and they had to make it legal again in order to get taxes because the government was basically bankrupted, so I see a lot of similarities with what happened then and what is happening now, the US government does not have the resources to fight against the will of their people and as such they prefer to get some money out of it instead of spending money that they do not have.

[Michele Vang]

Improved relations between the public and the police are a rarely mentioned societal benefit of legalisation. Because of their fear of drug raids, many young people, in my experience, consider police as enemies. Legalization would eliminate the need for a significant percentage of otherwise law-abiding people who use recreational drugs to fear the police. This must be useful to society. If you merely have a medical ID, you can buy medicinal cannabis at some dispensaries in California, such as Kushagram Dispensary

[Fortify]

According to former Senator Tom Daschle legalising Cannabis can partially solve US economy’s problems in the short term, and it can even help to stabilise the US economy in the long run.

The Senator has further claimed that Cannabis is an $16 billion dollar industry, and it has the potential to become a $75 billion industry in the long run.

Also he’s acknowledged the fact that Cannabis is approved in 40 states, and if it’s legalised in all the states then it could create much needed jobs, and even the government can benefit from the taxes levied on it’s sale.

Last in my opinion whoever wins the upcoming election will not approve this idea instantly, but what do you’ll think can legalising Cannabis can actually help the US economy in the short term?.

Source:

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/515299-one-cure-for-an-ailing-american-economy-legalize-cannabis

Prohibition has proven to not work many times throughout history and in many cases creates a much wider disaster. We see the war on drugs has driven huge amounts of the most serious crimes in South America and it got worse every decade due to the battle over the lucrative drug trade. If it was legal and regulated, treated as a medical condition instead of a criminal act, then it would save so many lives - both of drug users and of all the people involved in the supply chain which has to operate underground. It would allow all the money to be legally taxed and potentially make drugs safer to consume. You're always going to have addicts, so better using education and intelligent approaches to warn people off than trying to banish it altogether.