Should Obama Think Twice about Pot?

Joshua Green's 2009 article from the Atlantic monthly instructs if Barack Obama should think twice about legalizing marijuana to grow the economy. Mr. Green first stated that today Barack emphasized in his virtual town hall meeting that legalizing marijuana wouldn't be the right way to put the U.S back on its tracks. I thought it might be a great idea because several of people buy weed from other sources and they keep buying from those the illegal way. For example in the article I read last week "Cannabusiness" it stated that just in California itself generates $100 million in sales tax of medical marijuana, imagine the the full package we will get from legalizing marijuana. Green thinks he shouldn't have killed the dream of legalizing marijuana, but he should think it twice because it can save this country less than a second. His purpose is to give the reader a thought if Obama should change his mind about marijuana and the economy. He seems to have a political and common person in mind who is concerned about their future.

1.Is Joshua Green right about Obama thinking twice?

2. Will Obama change his mind about legalizing marijuana? 

Cannabusiness

Joshua Green's 2009 article "Cannabusiness" from the Atlantic Monthly enlightens that Marijuana is not a terrible drug because it makes biliions in sales and millions in sale taxes. The author first states that in 1996 proposition 215 was passed in order to legalize medical marijuana by introducing the start of legal use in California for medical puposes. He then utilizes a recent study about the growth of marijuana and of how much its bounty is and how much sales tax it can get. He also uses a statement of an expert saying "Marijuana has evolved from a countercultural experience to an over-the-counter experience” inferring the use of marijuana has changed over the years and that it will keep changing until it is accepted by everyone. If the government decides to legalize marijuana for economic purposes then it will prevail to fix the recession we are in because $14 billion dollars is a huge amount for 20 million pot plants that Californians grow and  it also gets about $100 million in sales tax. This amount of money createa an image of how much money if all 50 states sold marijuana, adding up to a whopping $700 billion and $5 billion in sales tax ending the recession we are in  and using the money for useful purposes like renewal energy, etc. His purpose is to decrease the bad reputation marijuana has on people in order to convince society that the sale of marijuana is a great business that can fic our economic issues. He seems to have a concerned audience in mind because he is trying to open the mind of people who are concern about making it through the recent economic issues through the cannabusiness.

1.How would people approach the legalization of marijuana in order to fix the economic issues in the United States?

2.How would Joshua Green teach people the legal and business aspects of running a dispensary if some people see it as a bad action?