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In the article "Legalizing Marijuana Under Federal Law for a Prosperous Economy" written by my fellow classmate Austin Smith he discusses the current status of marijuana legalization and the issues faced by the fact that cannabis is still illegal under federal law. Austin touches on key factors like the fact that many banks still won't accept profits from legal marijuana shops and that congress has failed to make any major changes to legislation to decriminalize cannabis. Public support for marijuana legalization is at an all time high with just over sixty percent of Americans in favor of legalizing cannabis use. With such a large majority of US citizens endorsing legalizing marijuana there seems to be little to no changes being made to decriminalize its status. The benefits of legalizing pot, providing more jobs, increasing net growth in the economy, less misdemeanor drug offenders in prison, and the many medicinal properties many people rely on marijuana for, highly outweigh the downsides of legalization. As support continues to climb it is hard to see a future where marijuana stays illegal in the United States, but until it is no longer illegal on a federal level the success made by cannabis users will continue to be squandered. If marijuana legalization is truly something the majority of Americans want then how much longer will it take to see real changes? With the current amount of time it takes states that have recently legalized weed to create the needed infrastructure, hire and screen the proper staff, and produce the supply of product, if we want to be toking on legal bud sometime in the next 10 years, the time for change is now.

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