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Write 3-4 paragraphs The Economic Cost and Benefits of Legalizing Weed?
Legalizing weed or marijuana has always been a topic of debate to the economists. There are many who criticize the idea but there are people also who support this idea. Let us analyze the cost and benefit of legalizing weed.
The major economic benefit of legalizing weed would be tax revenue. If weed would become legal there would be an increase in the revenue through tax and fees. Legalizing weed would also create the employment as it would open the industry and would led to setting up of nurseries and dispenseries. It will also reduce the prices of weed as illegal dealing of weed increases the prices of it, so reduction in prices will save money.
There are also costs that have to bear if weed is legalized such as increase in the criminal activities, and expense involved in handling those activities, it will also increase the school drop out rate, increase in the number of uneducated people, increase in no. of menatlly and physicall ill people. Deteriorating the economy as a whole.
Thus in this way the economic cost of legalizing weed would outcast the economic benefits