In Love with Mary Jane

At long last, thanks to my colleague, Paige,  we can talk about something of great value and isn't necessarily a worldly problem but rather a national debate: the ongoing discussion of good ol' Mary Jane. Currently, 29 states have made the decision to legalize medical marijuana, leaving the other 21 states left shaking their heads. Naturally, I would assume that most of those states that have decided to legalize marijuana are blue states, and although that assuption was correct, I was still left with a shocking realization. Based on the statistics of the 2017 election, almost half of the legalized states were actually red (a total of 11, meaning the other 18 states were blue). Well, now that we can rule out the reasoning of the states not legalizing medical marijuana being due to the different views of red states vs blue states, the question would be "What's the hold up on the other 21 states?"

The benefits of medical marijuana are staggering, whether it is used to treat chronic headaches to calming the mental adjustment of autism, the benefits are even making experts change their negative views regarding this miracle bud. States such as Colorado, which has also legalized recreational use, are literally swimming in money due to the taxes put on the purchase of marijuana. Although they can't use the money in certain circumstances because it isn't taxed federally (since it is still federally illegal), they ARE on the other hand able to spend it within the state and in Colorado's case, for schooling. This is probably the smartest, most efficient way to help our failing education system because:

1) People are going to smoke whether it's legal or not.

2) People are going to BUY weed, whether it's taxed or not.

3) It could potentially cut down on crime rates and drug possession charges, vacating already overfilled prisons. 

4) It's helping the users as well as providing funds to the national issue of underfunded school, which should probably be fixed sooner than later so we can actually have a chance in this world. 

So, once again...what's the hold up? Our federal government can TOO partake in the back-stroking through the wads of cash flowing through the medical marijuana capital. My advice; get on board America! Because like Rick James said best, we love ourselves some Mary Jane and whether its legal, taxed, home grown or purchased from a clinic, weed is weed, and we'd love it either way.