TIME: Is Marijuana The Answer To California’s Budget Woes?
By TOM MCNICHOL
Proponents of marijuana legalization have advanced plenty of arguments in support of their drug of choice – that marijuana is less dangerous than legal substances like cigarettes and alcohol; that pot has legitimate medical uses; that the money spent prosecuting marijuana offenses would be better used on more pressing public concerns.
While 13 states permit the limited sale of marijuana for medical use, and polls show a steady increase in the number of Americans who favor legalization, federal law still bans the cultivation, sale, or possession of marijuana. In fact, the feds still classify marijuana as a Schedule I drug, one that has no “currently accepted medical use” in the United States.
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