... prison for possessing a single joint or less of marijuana. (Glasser 138). With the criminalizing of marijuana the prison systems has been clogged with hundreds of thousands of people for doing a victimless crime. In 1996 marijuana-possession arrests exceeded 545,000 nearly a doubling in a five-year period. (Glasser 139). Jeffrey Singer, a Phoenix surgeon and medical spokesman for Drug Policy reform, discovered that ... organized crime got its funds from the selling of alcohol. By providing legal supplies marijuana the price will fall, leading to a collapse in the illegal drug industry, ...

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... public welfare. The strongest force that drives a "consumer-nation" such as America is that of supply and demand. What makes this force even stronger is that, in the case of a victimless crime like the purchasing/selling of marijuana, "whenever any two people engage in commercial activity, there are always gains from trade" (Dordrecht). When a transaction involving marijuana is made, both the ... both before and after" (Miron). Is this a coincidence? I think not. This is historical evidence supporting that this crime is a by - product of prohibition, and nothing else. Legalization would...

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