Legalization isn't about encouraging drug use—it's about replacing an ineffective criminal justice approach with regulation, oversight, and education. That can reduce unnecessary arrests while allowing governments to invest tax revenue back into communities.
Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.