Posts Tagged cash crop
Medical Marijuana: Is it Good for the Taxman or Is it Good for the Doctor?
Operating a medical pot farm is no small feat — especially when we know there are plenty of police and prosecutors who aren’t, ahem, kind to the industry.
But growing this cash crop could become even more costly and no safer under new legislation i…
Oakland Seeks Financial Lift, Approves Giant Marijuana Farms
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on July 22, 2010
For now, the drug is for medical use, but if California legalizes marijuana possession, Oakland could be sitting on a big cash crop.www.nytimes.com
FBI: “Marijuana Is the Top Revenue Generator for Mexican Car
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on May 6, 2010
In Congressional testimony today, two FBI officials said that “marijuana is the top revenue generator for Mexican DTOs [cartels]“, calling it “a cash crop that finances corruption and the carnage of violence year after year. “Of course, nowhere does the FBI make the obvious connection that if you want to stop the cartels from fi
What is True Cost of Marijuana Legalization?
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on March 29, 2010
Marijuana is by some estimates California’s largest cash crop, bringing in more than twice the revenue of vegetables, yet we don’t tax this green. Legalizing and taxing pot could provide $1.3 billion to help our hemorrhaging economy, but it might also lead to additional problems and undermine anti-drug efforts.
Marijuana Economics: California’s Largest Cash Crop
Posted by admin in Educational on October 24, 2009
Marijuana is by some estimates California’s largest cash crop, bringing in more than twice the revenue of vegetables, yet we don’t tax this green. Legalizing and taxing pot could provide $1.3 billion to help our hemorrhaging economy.
Marijuana Called Top U.S. Cash Crop – ABC News
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on September 16, 2009
The report, “Marijuana Production in the United States,” by marijuana policy researcher Jon Gettman, concludes that despite massive eradication efforts at the hands of the federal government, “marijuana has become a pervasive and ineradicable part of the national economy.”
Legalize Marijuana in California
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 17, 2009
Marijuana prohibition in California is causing terrible environmental damage to our public lands. Marijuana is California’s largest cash crop. Despite decades of eradication and arrests, it is still easier for teenagers to buy marijuana than alcohol. Tell your representatives in Sacramento to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana for adults.
The Benefits To Legalizing Pot You Haven’t Heard About
Posted by admin in Environment on August 4, 2009
The war on drugs may be a noble intention, but the illegal growing of marijuana is destroying our environment and we need to step in. Primarily run by Mexican drug cartels in the fields of California — marijuana is the state’s largest cash crop generating nearly $14 billion a year — the marijuana growers aren’t your typical peace-loving hippies.
Pot eradication helicoper crash; copters cost $700 an hour
Posted by admin in Political News on July 13, 2009
Your taxes are going to rent helicopters at $700 an hour to eradicate marijuana, California’s largest cash crop. No matter how much of it we eradicate, pot is still easier for high school students to buy than beer.
Legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana in California. Visit http://yes390.org
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