States that have legalized recreational marijuana

Description

It is an annotated bibliography based on my last paper about marijuana and the positive and negative effects on the states it was legalized in.

There is no specific word amount

i can also send y’all the paper I did with the sources that I used !!

It wasn’t an annotated bibliography

It was a researched argument I did , but the sources are what you’ll be using for this annotated bibliography

English 102-2

Professor Hill

09 September 2020

Thesis: For the states that have legalized recreational marijuana, some positive and negative impacts were: Profiting in sales and tax revenue, employment rates going up, and marijuana abuse.

Many states that have legalized recreational marijuana have reported and increase in sales and tax revenue.
According to Colorado After Legalization: Statistics and What they Mean, Colorado has benefitted from medical and recreational marijuana sales tremendously. In 2014 sales were at $683.5 million until 2019 where sales were $1.75 billion. By March 2020, numbers have been reported to be more than the profit amount of 2019 (Nunley).
Marijuana tax revenue tripled over the last six years (“Data and Statistics”).
All of the sales tax on marijuana pours into the states tax fund for government functions.
“The sales tax on medical marijuana pours entirely into the state’s marijuana tax fund and then is distributed to a wide variety of government functions, including education, public health, construction, law enforcement, and substance abuse prevention and services. A portion of these funds has helped open new mental health facilities”(Data and Statistics”).
Employment rates have increased along with the legalization of recreational marijuana.
The Department of Revenue gives data on the number of people authorized to work in the sector.
“As of April 2020, Colorado has issued 40,267 individual licenses in the marijuana industry, as well as 1,686 business owners licenses” (Nunley).
Jobs from the marijuana sector have created jobs in other sectors that support the marijuana industry.
“ A 2016 report from the Marijuana Policy Group estimated that ancillary jobs including, security guards, construction and HVAC specialist, consulting, legal, and advisory services, and other business services”(“Data and Statistics”).
There is a vast amount of jobs in the marijuana job market.
“…Colorado’s industry boasts 34,705 cannabis jobs, only behind California” (Nunley).
There have also been many reports of Cannabis abuse in the states it is legal in.
Nevada’s flawed marijuana legalization system eventually led to many lawsuits.
Clark county “..decided to award licenses using its own criteria before the state had chosen which applicants would be approved. This resulted in some applicants being approved at the state level but denied licenses in Clark County, and vise versa. A series of lawsuits followed” (Devitt).
Cannabis abuse reported in teens between 12 and 17 has increased in the U.S.
“The rate of problematic use among teens aged 12 to 17 rose from 2.18% to 2.72% after legalization, and it was 25% higher than in non-recreational states” (Markoff). This can be solved my implementing more restrictions for people to obtain recreational weed and make sure all of the counties within that state implementing the same laws so nothing gets crossed over.

Overall, recreational marijuana has been beneficial to the states it is legal in.
Many states report that legalizing recreational marijuana has increased profits for the states. Tax revenue has increased at least 3 times in the last six years, and many of the taxes on cannabis products have went towards government functions.
Jobs in the United States have increased because of the cannabis industry. Colorado has reported over 34,705 new jobs.
Lastly, the issue of cannabis abuse in teens between ages 12 and 17 in the U.S. has increased almost 25% in the states it is legal in. This can be solved my implementing more restrictions for people to obtain recreational weed and make sure all of the counties within that state implementing the same laws so nothing gets crossed over.

Works Cited

“Data and Statistics.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 Apr. 2018, www.cdc.gov/marijuana/data-statistics.htm.
Devitt, Michael. “Survey Examines Marijuana Use Among U.S. Adults.” AAFP Home, AAFP Foundation, 16 Oct. 2019, www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20191016marijuanasurvey.html.
Hongying Dai, PhD. “A National Survey of Marijuana Use Among US Adults With Medical Conditions, 2016-2017.” JAMA Network Open, JAMA Network, 20 Sept. 2019, jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2751558.
Markoff, Steven C. “Pros & Cons – ProCon.org.” Recreational Marijuana, Brittanica, 3 June 2020, marijuana.procon.org/.
Nunley, Kim. “Colorado After Legalization: Statistics and What They Mean.” Medical Marijuana, Inc. News, 15 May 2020, www.medicalmarijuanainc.com/news/colorado-after-legalization-statistics-what-they-mean/.