Decriminalization Of Marijauna

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the court system for petty possession and cultivation charges. It would also allow for less money to be spent on chasing these criminals to be used for better causes such as improving our crumbling healthcare and education systems. It can also be noted that these efforts are being taken up by the Marijuana party of Canada whose purpose will be explained. Also, the myths surrounding this plant will be debunked and its benefits will be explained such as medicinal purposes and its use as hemp to create environmentally friendly clothing, paper, and biomass fuel.

The marijuana industry in for recreational use alone in British Columbia exceeds over six billion dollars annually which is greater than any legal based industry in the province. One may ask the question where does all of this marijuana go that is being produced? To answer that 95% of all marijuana produced is illegally exported to the United States (Ko 2001). The main players in this industry are members of organized crime ...

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and problems around it are virtually everywhere there is marijuana. These problems aren’t just people smoking weed, they are problems on a level that is unseen unless the matter is investigated.

By having marijuana illegal we are clogging our court systems and putting money, time and efforts into the wrong places. To put this into perspective the costs of putting a person through the justice system you need to first pay the officer to arrest the perpetrator, then you need to pay someone to issue the court date, from there you need to set a time in a court room to convict the perpetrator, from there the crown needs to issue a lawyer in order try and convict the person and a judge ...

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