Marijuana is probably the most popular psychotropic substance among a lot of age groups. For many years a lot of people were raising their voices to legalize cannabis including some very influential names like Rihanna, Jennifer Aniston, and Miley Cyrus. After a lot of government-headed research into the herb, marijuana was legalized due to the numerous scientific and economic backed reasons which would prove beneficial for everyone. There are now 33 states in the USA which, at the least, have legalized medical marijuana.

Let’s have look at a few benefits that legalization has had on common lives.

Medicines

Since cannabis was legalized a lot of research went into its medicinal use. CBD or cannabidiol is the non-psychoactive extract of hemp which has various medical uses. It cures body aches, stress, epilepsy and is also known to prevent cancer.

Medicines based on cannabis have actually shown better results in curing many forms of diseases like certain types of seizures. The medicines used for the treatment of these diseases were actually harmful to the body but since the legalization drive, marijuana has helped replace these harmful drugs.

Employment

The rate at which the weed industry provided jobs and employment was on the higher side but not at all alarming. The main reason being that the youth showed a lot of interest in this. Everyone witnessed a boom in the number of companies, especially in the Washington area. The start-ups offered services like weed delivery, organizing DC Weed Events and weed quality testing centers that opened up new job opportunities. An estimated 300,000 jobs were created.

Revenue

Everyone knew that the day cannabis would be legalized it would open up a whole new sector of revenue collection for the government. The government collected around 4.7 billion just in taxes a couple of years ago and the numbers have only risen. These tax collections have no doubt helped the public directly and helps the growth of the nation.

Apart from making money cannabis also helps in saving a lot of money that the law enforcement agencies used to allocate to fighting cannabis abuse.

Alternative

The use of opioids in the States has reached an alarmingly high rate and one of the main causes of worry is the withdrawal that comes after quitting these opioids. Opioid users face extreme pain and discomfort while going through withdrawal and were prescribed a lot of harsh medicines that usually had some very negative side effects. Using marijuana helped them to tackle the pain and this did not have any negative side effects. Hence it proved to be a very good alternative to prescribed medicines.

This would seemingly also decrease the number of opioid users once they start smoking marijuana.

Crime Rate

The legalization of possession of a minimum quantity of marijuana has reduced the crime rate of the area.

Moreover, the illegal peddling of marijuana has reduced to considerable numbers since the introduction of legal laws for the usage of marijuana. The reliability of the quality of the product has also been affected in a positive manner.

The legalization of weed has no doubt helped the states in almost every sphere. It has helped the general public in areas of health and money. There are still a lot of states in the USA where it has not yet been legalized totally and people are pushing and working hard to make the government take imminent steps to legalize cannabis.