Marijuana should be legal because it’s not that bad for you not because governments can make money from it.
I'm in total agreement
But I like to share the tax revenue info, as all that revenue was going into the black market (I know I'm a racist)
just in MD close to 1 Billion every year to an economy that was not exactly above recrimination
it's funding all sorts of other illegal enterprises....only because the gov't made it illegal to posses, sell and consume
People want real legit jobs and a taxable revenue stream...well god dammed if I we didn't just discover a massive untapped stream
It can support local businesses, and farmers, and create local jobs that aren't some big box retailer (where most of the revenue goes somewhere else)...heck even boosts girl scout cookie sales.
Yes...this is counter to: It should just be legal, it's just a plant.
But it's the, "I had no idea there would be that many ancillary benefits to someone smoking a joint."
People were already doing it, so why not create a legit source for jobs and tax revenue...and keep it out of the black market
Va... what a terrible state.
for the record, we had legal adult recreation consumption and possession 2 years before MD. But the f'n republudicks made sales such a clusterfuck, who knows when they will get their heads out of their asses. I'm sure it will start to become an issue when people bring up that their next-door neighbor cash a 5 million a month in tax revenue and can say they are creating new jobs
