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23 Berkeley J. Crim. L. 99 (2018)
The Benefits of Marijuana Legalization and Regulation

handle is hein.journals/bjcl23 and id is 101 raw text is: Todd: The Benefits of Marijuana Legalization and Regulation ISSUE 23:1 SPRING 2018 The Benefits of Marijuana Legalization and Regulation Tamar Todd* There is increasing support for marijuana law reform than ever before, and the legalization of marijuana has many serious public policy implications. This paper highlights the problems with criminalizing marijuana use and its disparate impact on people of color. The criminalization of marijuana has also failed to meet its goals and has negative impact on individual and public health. Finally, criminalization impacts the workplace, environment, and public resources. In the end, data suggests that the legalization of marijuana reduces the harms of criminalization and is good for public policy. In tro d u ctio n ................................................................................... 1 0 0 I.Criminalizing People Who Use Marijuana Undermines the L egitim acy of the L aw ........................................................ 100 II.The Criminalization of Marijuana Use was Born from Racial Animus and Enforcement of the Laws has Disproportionately Affected Black and Brown People ..................................... 104 III.Marijuana Prohibition has been a Complete Failure Even by Its O w n Stated G oals ............................................................... 106 IV.Criminalizing a Person is More Harmful to that Person than M ariju an a ............................................................................ 10 7 V.Criminalization of Marijuana is Bad for Public Health ............ 109 VI.Criminalization Makes Control Impossible ............................. 111 VII.Criminalization is Dangerous for Workers ............................ 113 VIII. Criminalization is Terrible for the Environment ................... 113 IX. Criminalizing Marijuana is an Immense Waste of Public Resources, While Marijuana Taxation Brings in Much N eeded R evenue ................................................................. 114 X.Data from States that have Legalized Marijuana Show that DOI: https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38NK3652D Copyright © 2018 Regents of University of California * Director of Legal Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2000. Published by Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository, 2018

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