Do to the Health benefits of marijuana it out ways the negative. The murder rate in Colorado has been cut nearly in half proving the critics wrong about the criminal justice side. The tax collected in 7 months alone equals $25,307,067 as of July. The cost on the war on drugs is equal to 34 billion a year and has an increase in violence in the U.S and south American countries. A federal legalization would remove money from the cartel and local drug dealers and strengthen our borders.



