With Texas being in the 47th percentile in the nation's math scores and about the same in other scored areas, I think we ought to legalize marijuana and use the taxes and revenue from the legalization of marijuana to fund our K-12 education. In one of the most liberal cities in Texas, I think that this idea would get a lot of support from our community. There will be probably a lot of outcry as well because we are legalizing a banned substance. People say that marijuana is a gateway drug but I think they say that because it is against the law. If you were to legalize the herb, we could save money on all the petty drug charges and we can fund the Education Department of Texas and bring them up to date in our test scores with the other states.
Just think about how much money we spend on every trivial marijuana arrest and all the legal fees that are involved in each case. If we take those petty arrests away and use a portion of the money that would of been used to prosecute these people to be put back into our education system, I think you would see a raise in our scores as a whole. We also need more trained individuals to serve on our education department. They need to have the kids interests in mind and not their own. When Texas finally legalizes this naturally grown herb, it should be dispensed by a dispensary. This shop will have to pay taxes to be able to sell it from this approved location. So we, in turn, will have pay this adjusted price so we can finance our education into improving our test scores state-round. This will be beneficial for everybody because with higher test scores comes getting into better colleges with better degree programs and will in turn make these people higher paid citizens than those who are not educated. Since the Lottery of Texas was approved, it was supposed to be helping fund K-12 Education but the State of Texas needs more help. So this law in legalizing marijuana would also help some of our cancer patients, people who cant sleep, people with an ailment, or those of us that just wanna relax after a long day at work and school.
I completely agree that we should legalize marijuana. Not only would it help our economy, but if we do put the money towards education as suggested, we would be able to keep our economy stable by providing better paying jobs and making higher education more affordable. The only thing that I might find problematic about the legalization of marijuana is the rule book that is going to go along with it. What will the age requirements be if not prescribed for an illness? Will it be covered by health insurance companies here? How affordable is it going to be and will we be facing isues with those who are currently illegally dealing the drug? While I am sure there are answers that can be made, it will be a very long time until such a conservative area sees this drug in vending machines. As soon as we do see it, I'm hoping there's food being sold right next to them. You know...for my glaucoma.
ReplyDeleteI agree with my classmate, that we should legalizing marijuana. There is no doubt that so many people use marijuana, so if we were to legalize it we would be adding money to our economy. We can tax marijuana and use that money towards K-12 education. As well as marijuana can help a lot of people out. It’s been use to help out cancer patients, people with eating disorders, and other illnesses. Marijuana is looked at as a bad drug or gate way drug, but studies have been done that show that marijuana has not cause any death or lead to any serious health problems. And it is not necessarily a gate way drug; because like any drug that is illegal, young adults want to try it to be rebels or to try new things and/or to feel good.
ReplyDeleteAnother problem that can be somewhat solve is the drug cartel problem. If marijuana was legalize then the drug dealing would go down because users would go buy it legally instead of somewhere dangerous and illegally. Having to buy it from a drug dealer can be dangerous and also can lead users to getting involve in illegally activities and lead them to a life of violence. Especially young adults, they will see that drug dealers have nice cars clothes jewelry and other nice things, leading them to think that getting involved in that lifestyle is the best decision for them. Many people get busted selling or buying marijuana and they are arrested. Having them be arrested for possession of marijuana just makes our jails more crowded and our tax money is being put to use for a little crime such as having marijuana, instead of using that tax money for important things like education or health care.
Like alcohol, marijuana is going to be around no matter how many restrictions are put on it. The more people feel that the use of marijuana is an act of being a rebel or sticking it to the man, the more they are going to want it and find ways to get it. If it is legalize then there can be a possibility that the wanting of using it will go down, and if not well it will help out our economy and less people would be in jail for possession.