Another Attempt at Making Marijuana Legal in Wisconsin
Friday, April 19th, 2019 -- 7:50 AM
(WRN) -Another attempt at making Marijuana legal is headed to the state legislature.State representative Melissa Sargent is taking another try at marijuana legalization. She says legalizing the plant will save the state millions of dollars in law enforcement hours, as well as ease the burden on the state prisons.
"According to an estimate by the A C L U, Wisconsin stands to save over 44 million dollars, SAVE 44 million dollars a year, through the legalization of a plant."
Sargent says legalization will not only free up law enforcement to handle serious crimes, it will also save the state money and generate revenue through increased taxes.
"Legalization provides true economic benefits at no costs to taxpayers, with real proven results, unlike the unsuccessful tax giveaways and empty promises that we've seen with corporations like Foxconn."
Sargent says legalizing pot will address disparity in how African Americans are treated by police.
"Although as African Americans use marijuana at the same rates as white individuals, they are almost 4 times more likely to be arrested on non violent marijuana possession charges nationally, and almost six times more likely to be arrested in our great state."
This will be Sargent's fourth attempt to legalize marijuana. The Republican held legislature remains opposed to the idea.
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