The economic effects of legalization of marijuana

The economic effects of legalization of marijuana

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The marijuana legalization issue was first debated over 100 years ago by BIHDC (British Indian Hemp Drugs Commission). This commission resorted to a defined conclusion that; cannabis sativa (marijuana) was detrimental to human health and the best way out was to impose high taxation to this drug. Prohibition of this drug was inevitable; the best solution was to tax the crop highly. This resolution failed after several years of attempts. Marijuana remained a legal drug in India until the year 1989 when it was phased off by the single convention international narcotics treaty (Gahlinger 2004). Over the recent past, an acute usage of this drug is rising rapidly. Many economies faces adverse effects its consumers. This is due to the side effects that I caused by this drug. These economies are left with no option but to legalize the drug and impose high taxation rates on it.