Marijuana is too expensive for our government

There are more than 750,000 incarcerations a year due to possession of marijuana. Law enforcement has more important responsibilities than this. Time wasted making arrest for marijuana is salary money wasted by the state, when it could have been spent fighting violent and unjust crimes. Especially given the additional justice costs of disposing of each of these cases. Marijuana arrests waste jail space, clogs up court systems, and diverts time from cops, judges, lawyers and correctional officers from more harsh crimes. Crimes such as murder, rape, assault, and robbery. If marijuana was legalized and taxed, money made from taxation can provide needed and generous funding of many important criminal justice and social programs, as opposed to wasting money on unnecessary arrests.