What Are the Real Effects of Legalizing Weed?
Recreational marijuana has now been legal in Colorado for 8 months. What are the effects of a legal pot state? Is it all that bad? Could decriminalizing marijuana work for other states? ...
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23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized or decriminalized Marijuana. 2 States, Washington and Colorado, have made it legal for recreational use, which is the ultimate goal for groups trying to fully legalize weed. Colorado did this more than 8 months ago, and the numbers are in so we can finally look at some of the effects of legalizing weed. First off, let’s look at the givens. Legalizing weed adds tax revenue; That’s obvious. Colorado expects a $98 million dollars jump in tax revenue from weed sales this year alone. Legalizing weed also adds jobs. It’s estimated by the Marijuana Industry Group that about 10,000 people now work in the weed industry in Colorado, nearly 2,000 of which started in the first half of this year. Most were already ...
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23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized or decriminalized Marijuana. 2 States, Washington and Colorado, have made it legal for recreational use, which is the ultimate goal for groups trying to fully legalize weed. Colorado did this more than 8 months ago, and the numbers are in so we can finally look at some of the effects of legalizing weed. First off, let’s look at the givens. Legalizing weed adds tax revenue; That’s obvious. Colorado expects a $98 million dollars jump in tax revenue from weed sales this year alone. Legalizing weed also adds jobs. It’s estimated by the Marijuana Industry Group that about 10,000 people now work in the weed industry in Colorado, nearly 2,000 of which started in the first half of this year. Most were already ...
