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If the U.S Government was to legalize medical marijuana throughtout the U.S., what would it do to the economy?

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The most likely influence on the economy would be a positive one: this would come from three aspects:

1) if it were legal, the state and federal governments could benefit from taxes
2) it could be produced in the US: new jobs in agriculture
3) less spending on prevention and a smaller prison cost
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