By James Spann Lobby groups in support of legalizing marijuana have confronted authorities and policy makers with the incredible benefits such an move would have on the society. Their argument is that the drug should be removed from the criminal justice system and proper regulations be put in place. The idea is to have a policy and legal framework like the one that regulates sale and consumption of alcohol. The benefits of legal cannabis are health, medical and economic. Citizens will be encouraged to grow the plant as a cash crop and in return reap huge rewards. The government will get a new avenue for tax collection. It becomes a lucrative employer which solves other social problems directly or indirectly. Changing the view from a criminalized plant to a legal one brings all activities associated with cannabis on the table. They cease to become the destructive underground operations that have characterized its growth, sale and distribution over the years. It enters into the tax b...