Legalizing would likely lead to more cases of psychosis, but it would also lead to extra research around the other lesser-known cannabinoids. These are facts. Marijuana was actually legal for the vast part of human civilization, becoming illegal soon after alcohol during the prohibition in the 1920s. Today there are 15.2 million current marijuana users in comparison to 129 million alcohol users and 70.9 million tobacco users. Reducing marijuana use is essential to improving the nation’s health, education, and productivity. This 54-percent reduction in marijuana use over that 29-year period is a major public health triumph, not a failure. Though the number of marijuana users might not quickly climb to the current numbers for alcohol and tobacco, if marijuana was legalized, the increase in users would be both large and rapid with subsequent increases in addiction. Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the U.S. and around the world. There is a reason for this imbalance; they cannot come up with a credible plan for legalization that could deliver on their exaggerated claims for this new policy. This would make it easier for law enforcement to search immigrants without needing any other probable cause except for the scent of ganja in the air. While THC and CBD steal the spotlight, there are over 100 that lack any decent research yet. In 2008 that figure stood at 6.1 percent. This is particularly evident in sports gambling, most of which is illegal. An encounter with the criminal justice system through apprehension for a drug-related crime frequently can benefit the offender because the criminal justice system is often a path to treatment. New marijuana users would not be limited to adults if marijuana were legalized, just as regulations on alcohol and tobacco do not prevent use by youth. Now in 2020, countries and states that legalized cannabis have profited financially and culturally, due to the influx of capital from the emerging cannabis market. This means that about two thirds of Americans suffering from any substance use disorder are suffering from marijuana abuse or marijuana dependence. However, the argument touches not on the frequency of use between marijuana and cigarette smokers (Barcott, 2015). Since legalization of marijuana for medical or general use would increase marijuana use rather than reduce it and would lead to increased rates of addiction to marijuana among youth and adults, legalizing marijuana is not a smart public health or public safety strategy for any state or for our nation. These figures show that the costs of legal alcohol are more than 12 times the total tax revenue collected, and that the costs of legal tobacco are about 8 times the tax revenue collected. As cannabis slowly becomes legal for recreational purposes all over the world, it's pretty easy to tell that most of the time, it has been a positive experience. While both alcohol and tobacco are taxed and regulated, the tax benefits to the public are vastly overshadowed by the adverse consequences of their use. This is an economically disastrous tradeoff. Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the U.S. and around the world. The black market has been thriving for years by selling the crop, but there is no quality control process that regulates anything being sold. Marijuana was an identified drug of abuse for 57 percent of the individuals referred to treatment from the criminal justice system. More than a third, 37 percent, of treatment admissions reported in the Treatment Episode Data Set, TEDS, collected from state-funded programs were referred through the criminal justice system. Many people who want to legalize marijuana are passionate about their perception of the alleged failures of policies aimed at reducing marijuana use but those legalization proponents seldom—if ever—describe their own plan for taxing and regulating marijuana as a legal drug. Marijuana is currently the leading cause of substance dependence other than alcohol in the U.S. In another study of seriously injured drivers admitted to a Level-1 shock trauma center, more than a quarter of all drivers (26.9 percent) tested positive for marijuana. There is a common misconception that the principle costs of marijuana use are those related to the criminal justice system. There is consistency, customers know that if they enjoyed a certain strain, they can get it again. New studies on the therapeutic efficacy of cannabinoid therapy populate the The National Library of Medicine every year and there is now documented evidence that cannabis can be effective in treating a variety of conditions from seizure disorders to chronic pain, gastrointestinal disease, dementia, and autoimmune disorders (to name a few). This was well strategies by the government since marijuana was popular amongst immigrants from Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America. In a recent national roadside survey of weekend nighttime drivers, 8.6 percent tested positive for marijuana or its metabolites, nearly four times the percentage of drivers with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 g/dL (2.2 percent). Legalized gambling has not reduced illegal gambling in the United States; rather, it has increased it. Alcohol-related costs total over $185 billion while federal and states collected an estimated $14.5 billion in tax revenue; similarly, tobacco use costs over $200 billion but only $25 billion is collected in taxes.