Legalize the use/purchase of Marijuana. You can tax it like tobacco, lower prison inmate count and boost the economy.

Legalizing marijuana and taxing the industry as you would with tobacco will increase government revenue as well as terminate the current expense of enforcing marijuana prohibition (estimated 10 billion annually). Not only is this a vital resource for money, but for crime and marijuana related arrests as well. With marijuana legal, we can make more room in our prisons for real criminals. The U.S. arrests (estimated) more than 800,000 people annually, more than they do people for murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault combined. Marijuana is also a lot safer and less harmful than tobacco and alchohol, which combined are responsible for near 60,000 deaths annually. Marijuana, 0, and it's been used by nearly 100,000,000 Americans! So in essence, legalization is well worth it!