The war on drugs is an expensive battle, as a great deal of resources go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market, prosecuting them in court, and housing them in jail. These costs seem particularly exorbitant when dealing with the drug marijuana, as it is widely used, and is likely no more harmful than currently legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol. There's another cost to the war on drugs, however, which is the revenue lost by governments who cannot collect taxes on illegal drugs. In a recent study for the Fraser Institute, Economist Stephen T. Easton attempted to calculate how much tax revenue the Canadian government could gain by legalizing marijuana.
Legalization of marijuana would bring tax dollars of $2 billion to Canada. The only benefit of marijuana criminalization would be to the underground economy, of which Canada is contributing to.
Yes, the Canadian government is responsible for crime gangs deriving profits from illegal grow-op across Canada by keeping cannabis criminalized.
After all, the government keeps the herb illegal.
Thus, it is because of the law that marijuana is a dangerous drug, not because of the drug itself.
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Not only that, but more people die due to prescription drug abuse than marijuana abuse.
This includes suicides and murders due to the side effects of anti-depressants.
Indeed, there is a slight increase in violence due to use of SSRIs.
So it can be safely said that anti-depressants cause violence and other signs of mental illness to rise.
At least, compared to moderate use of marijuana.
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