Legalizing Marijuana: Impacts on Prison Systems and the Economy
According to Forbes, the IRS has been at the forefront of the crackdown on medicinal marijuana dispensaries, but not because they've been baking their books -- they've actually been paying their taxes. It's because of a federal targeting effort to shut down the industry.
Even state and local governments disagree with the attack, though. The legalization of marijuana can open up the possibility to regulate it. That regulation implies the opportunity to tax the drug, and it also makes law enforcement easier. The localization of the growing process can help to weed out drug dealers, gangs, and cartels as well.
