Marijuana - Treat It Like a Crop, Not a Crime
Economists estimate tens of billions for governments if we taxed pot like tobacco and stopped wasting money on the drug war. If marijuana were legal but taxed like alcohol and tobacco, how much money could it bring in to cash-strapped state governments? One 2006 study called cannabis the top cash crop in the nation, worth more than corn and wheat combined. It was the leading crop in 12 states, outstripping grapes in California and tobacco in North Carolina, and one of the top three in 18 others, coming in just behind apples in Washington and cotton in Georgia. So with states facing massive deficits, could reefer revenues help? http://current.com/items/89299373_marijuana_treat_it_like_a_crop_not_a_crime

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Trouble is - if they did this, then sales of alcohol would plummet. So really, they'd merely be transferring tax from one to the other.

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