RESPONSE TO LEGALIZING MARIJUANA: LEGALIZATION A LOGICAL CHOICE TO HELP ECONOMY

Upon reading the article "Finance the bailout: Legalize Weed" I found
that I very much agree with everything said. Our country could do a
plethora of things with 6.2 billion dollars, not to mention how many
things we could also do with the money that would be saved by cutting
down on the cost of law enforcement, persecution, etc.

Anyone who would argue 6.2 billion dollars not helping our government
is misguided, how would it not? Along with that, if they opened up
special factories/warehouses for the production and distribution of
marijuana, a myriad of jobs would become available. I also read a
comment on a response that I completely agree with, stating that
they would rather legalize it and require an ID to purchase it rather
than having kids risk their lives by going to street corners and
buying marijuana off of shady drug dealers. One could argue that this
situation could be avoided if they just did not buy and/or do drugs,
and this is a noteworthy point, but one must consider that kids will
be kids and some people just do not know any better.

Lastly, I am not saying we should legalize marijuana so everybody can
pass joints around in between classes. With our nation in its current
state, something needs to be done to stabilize the economy. Our
economy is in a downward spiral and people can address the issues,
but nobody can figure out a way to solve them. Legalizing marijuana
seems to be a logical choice. While weed legalization would not cause
the economy to bounce back completely, it would help.

John Frazier