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Both federally commissioned and independent studies have shown that
legalizing marijuana would save the government billions of dollars
annually. The savings would result from the reduction of spending
on the enforcement of drug laws as they stand now. For example,
Boston University Professor of Economics, Jeffrey A. Miron, in his
2003 study, outlines what financial benefits Massachusetts would
enjoy from the legalization of marijuana. His report estimates that
Massachusetts could save $121 million per year by cutting the costs
associated with marijuana arrests, prosecutions and incarcerations.
This figure estimates the savings that would result from the legalization
of marijuana for just one of the fifty states. Imagine what benefits
all American citizens would receive if these savings were combined
with the savings from the other forty-nine states!
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