420 with CNW – Federally Funded Study Disproves Marijuana Legalization Myths
A new study on the impacts of marijuana, which was funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, showed that marijuana programs do not affect neighboring or non-legal states negatively. The new study authors, while conducting their state-level analysis, were looking to answer three questions; first, the impact of legalization on law enforcement resources in legal states. Secondly, how those resources in bordering and non-legal states are affected, and lastly, what it means for drug trafficking after marijuana is legalized. The researchers used past statistics on drug possession and distribution in the legalized states as well as the neighboring non-legal states…