1. Our government would benefit two-fold: as Rapidfire said, they would tax it, and make money from the imports, exports, and both domestic and foreign sale of cannabis. Secondly, they would stop losing money to the corrections system with the some odd 40,000 marijuana offenders out of the system.
2. The people get cannabis on healthcare, insurance and even the elderly could get FREE cannabis on medicare. Imagine having one or more illnesses of any type from Glaucoma to Arthritis to cancer, then getting relief from the use of government funded, exceptionally high quality marijuana, perhaps for free.
3. Upon commercializing the cannabis market, growers everywhere are going to be clamoring for better products, cheaper methods and higher demand which is going to put quality through the roof and offset high prices.
4. The "everyman" grower or seller will never have to hide in the shadows again, in fact entrepreneurship in the cannabis market may be one of the most profitable, and enjoyable business opportunities that our world has ever seen.
5. Hemp is an incredible fiber. Clothing and an entire gamet of paper products could be made more efficient, more profitable and more enjoyable.
6. Hemp oil can be used as fuel for automobiles and it has a low emissions rating, making it cleaner and safer for our environment.
7. Our world would benefit from the relaxing, enjoyable effects of the smoked, vaporized or eaten cannabis plant.

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