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America's Drug Trade: Harm in Unexpected Places

If you’ve been paying even a small amount of attention to current events lately, you know that drugs have entered the national conversation in a big way. Marijuana legalization has become a rallying cry for many of us, though even the states where it’s already legal may have a complicated battle ahead of them to keep that privilege.

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It’s Time to Legalize Pot, if Only for the Tax Revenue

Since the Marijuana Tax Act became law in 1937, it’s been illegal to sell or possess the drug in the United States.

But somehow, the illegality of marijuana hasn’t seemed to deter many people from trying the drug. In 2012, someone was arrested for a marijuana-related offense every 42 seconds. That translates into nearly 750,000 different arrests.

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