What would happen if marijuana was legalized in the US in terms of the crime rate and the economy?
Crime would lessen, crime rate is higher with prohibition. You would take it out of the wanna be Al Capone’s hands. Tax money would be enormous. -estimated $6.2 billion gained annually if taxed like tobacco or alcohal -$7.7 billion in government expenditures for prohibition enforcement would become free. -total= ~ $14 billion annually to gain http://en.wikipedia.org/…/…the_United_States Educational programs could be implemented, if you are in violation of the regulations you first go to classes.
