It costs the states millions of dollars yearly in keeping marijuana prohibited while decriminalizing it could potentially boost the economy by eliminating costs to incarcerate marijuana users, as well as eradicating government funded programs for alleged marijuana abusers placed there by the criminal justice system as an alternative to prison. ... "Most people in treatment programs are there because they've been ordered to attend following arrests for possession," declared Paul Armentano, senior policy analyst for NORML (Armentano). Recent study shows that 70 percent of marijuana users a...

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The Legalization of Marijuana for All Purposes Drugs are major problem in our society today. Although the Canadian government has taken measures against drugs, in stiffening laws concerning the cultivation and trafficking of drugs and various media awareness programs, the problem continues to get worse. The government is exercising many options to control the problem or even solve the problem. It seems as if the "war on drugs" is a futile war or at least next to impossible to win. The government should consider using different options than ones they have used in the past. ...

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