THINGS I NEED TO KNOW TO DISCUSS LEGALIZING & TAXING MARIJUANA IN NY!!

A few things I need to look up off the top of my head are:

• What law prohibits all use of marijuana?
• What economists believe are the benefits and cons of legalization and taxing it
• How legalization/decriminalization & taxing MJ have affected the economy of other countries
• Estimate of NYS population that uses MJ
• %-age of New Yorker's pro-legalization