Wiz Khalifa
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Posted: 05/21/2013 9:29 pm EDT
Source : Huffington Post
All facts have been ripped from that article.
1. The government would save an estimated $13.7 billion on prohibition enforcement costs and tax revenue by legalizing marijuana, according to a paper endorsed by 300 economists.
2 Marijuana Inmates Cost Prisons $1 Billion A Year
Inmates incarcerated on marijuana-related charges cost U.S. prisons $1 billion annually, according to a 2007 study, AlterNet reports
3. Including lost tax revenues, a 2007 study found that enforcing the marijuana prohibition costs tax payers $41.8 billion annually, Forbes reports.
4. Marijuana growers account for $14 billion a year in sales in California, making it the state's most valuable cash crop, TIME reports.
5. It's estimated that illegal marijuana is a $36 billion industry in the U.S., MadameNoire reports
6. About one-third of Americans say they think legalizing marijuana would boost the economy, according to a 2010 poll by Associated Press-CNBC.
7. The Sacramento News and Review saw a big boost in ad revenue when it offered advertising space for more than 60 medical marijuana dispensaries, enabling the publication to hire three additional employees, according to News 10.
8. Mendocino County, California's zip tie program aimed at regulating medical marijuana growing by charging permits for each plant raised $600,000 in revenue in for the Sheriff's department in 2011.
9. The city of Oakland, California raised $1.3 million in tax revenue from medical marijuana dispensaries in 2011, 3 percent of the city's total business tax revenue, according to The New York Times.
10. In 2011, Colorado pulled in $5 million in sales taxes from medical marijuana businesses, The New York Times reports.
11. Economist Stephen Easton estimated in 2010 that legal marijuana could be a $45 to $100 billion industry, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports
12. When hydroponic marijuana growing supply chain weGrow opens a new store it creates an estimated 75 jobs indirectly, according to AZBusiness Magazine
13. More than 60 percent of states agree with taxing marijuana, according to a poll by Associated Press-CNBC.
14. A Norwegian study 25 years in the making came to the shocking conclusion that frequent marijuana use lowers employees' motivation at work. Not all can be positive.
15. There could be more than 1,000 medical marijuana dispensaries operating in California, Pasadena Weekly reported in 2009. Which probably means more jobs are being created.
16. As of July 2011, the city of Denver counted more medical marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks franchises. More revenue and jobs in Denver area
Time to get it shit legalized in all 50 states.
