The New York Times
reported on November 7, 2012 about the legalization of marijuana in Colorado
and Washington State. These two states made it legal to smoke weed recreational
without any prescription or medical reason. The Governor John Hickenlooper of
Colorado cautioned the citizens that it will be a matter of months until
legalized marijuana will be in the books, and longer until for the states to
write the rules, tax codes and other regulations for new state-licensed retail
marijuana shops. The states are still the dispute with the federal government
which still sees marijuana as illegal. The federal government still sees the
drug as a Schedule I prohibition substance and has been cracking down on other
states such as California and Montana that have voted to allow medical
marijuana. Colorado and Washington are two of eighteen states with medical
marijuana laws but they are the first to approve of recreational purposes. When
the laws are certified it will be legal under Colorado and Washington law for adults
21 years and older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana. In Colorado people
will be able to grow as many as 6 plants but in Washington users will have to
buy their marijuana from state-licensed providers.
This can affect more than just these two states in America because
by legalizing the drug it will cut back of illegal drug trafficking to these
states. If other states if an improvement from this law than it could possible
cut out the drug trade in America. This would affect the drug trade from Central
and South America to the United States making the drug trade get smaller and
smaller. This will also give America another way to put high taxes on it so
that America can start to make money off of the drug. This could start other countries
to eliminate the drug trade as well.
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