In case Marijuana becomes legal within the next 10 years, most of the drug cartels around the world will lose their main source of income. 
Also, the national parks within the United States will no longer be cut down to plant hemp by the Mexican drug cartels. Also, the state and federal governments will benefit a lot, in terms of tax money.
Also, the national parks within the United States will no longer be cut down to plant hemp by the Mexican drug cartels. Also, the state and federal governments will benefit a lot, in terms of tax money.
Sounds about right honestly because they legalized these type of drugs in Latin America
It's making its way up the chain to other places pretty much even The USA admits it funked up this one pretty badly and needs to reconsider its approaches.
The question now becomes will it happen to cocaine once Marijuana falls
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-nadelmann/colombia-decriminalizes-c_b_1638395.html
Also can we live in a society where we don't need to worry so much about money laundering because most drugs are legal or prescription only (except for the really really bad stuff)
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Colombia's move is part of a growing trend in Latin America. After decades of being brutalized by the U.S. government's failed prohibitionist drug policies, Latin American leaders are saying "enough is enough."
Last week, the government of Uruguay announced that it will submit a proposal to legalize marijuana under government-controlled regulation and sale, making it the first country in the world where the state would sell marijuana directly to its citizens. The proposal was drafted by Uruguayan President José Mujica and his staff and requires parliamentary approval before being enacted.
Friday's judicial ruling in Colombia represents yet another important step in the growing political and judicial movement in Latin America and Europe to stop treating people who consume drugs as criminals worthy of incarceration. It is consistent with prior rulings by Colombian courts before former president Álvaro Uribe sought to undermine them, and also with rulings by the Supreme Court of Argentina in 2009 and other courts in the region. The Colombian Constitutional Court's decision is obviously most important in Colombia, where it represents both a powerful repudiation of former president Uribe's push to criminalize people who use drugs and a victory for President Juan Manuel Santos' call for a new direction in drug policy.
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Sooner or later this might not become a crime per say with jail time but something that gets treated in therapy instead.