Morgan Hill Times, 21 Sep 2010 – The reasons to support the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana far outnumber the reasons not to. First, the cost of enforcing the laws are exorbitant. According to a CNBC 2010 study, legalizing marijuana would save $13,7 billion in government expenditures on enforcement. And that does not include the costs on our overburdened courts, jails and prisons. The study also estimates the annual cost to incarcerate the 27,900 people imprisoned for marijuana offenses in 2001 at $600 million. This does not include probation and parole costs related to marijuana prohibition convictions.
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