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Frank-Paul Marijuana Bill Seen as Unlikely to Boost Jobs
What isn’t clear is what federal decriminalization of marijuana might mean for jobs. For example, law-enforcement officers now tasked with targeting and arresting those who grow and use marijuana would instead be allocated to some other police function…
The Economics of a Drug Bust (PIC)
Posted by admin in Educational on May 21, 2010
This marijuana bust could pay for itself.
The Economics Behind Legalizing Marijuana in California
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on April 9, 2010
Californians head to the polls this November to consider the legalization of pot and, by extension, whether the state and local governments should receive income by taxing it. While both sides of the “legalization debate” have merit, when emotion is stripped from the debate, it becomes a simple economic issue.
If Marijuana Were Legal, Projected Tax Revenue [INFOGRAHIC]
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on November 13, 2009
Love it or hate it, people smoke marijuana – lots of it. In some states marijuana consumption and posession have been decriminalized, and even legalized for medicinal purposes. But, have you ever wondered how large the economics of Marijuana were?
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.
US marijuana cuts into traffickers’ profits
Posted by admin in World News on October 12, 2009
The shifting economics of the marijuana trade have broad implications for Mexico’s war against the drug cartels, suggesting that market forces, as much as law enforcement, can extract a heavy price from criminal organizations that have used the spectacular profits generated by pot sales to fuel the violence and corruption that plague Mexico.
THE REAL ECONOMICS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION **FACTS!!**
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 14, 2009
Should the U.S. government legalize marijuana? Over 500 economists agree (with extremely useful links to reports)
Legal Marijuana Would Shift Economic Power
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on August 12, 2009
Everyone has a theory as to why our government is opposed to the legalization of marijuana. The question is not one of morality, but of economics. True, marijuana has the tax revenue potential to help solve our current crisis. But those in power now lose control of their piece of the pie.
The Economics of Legalized Marijuana
Posted by admin in General Sciences on August 11, 2009
What are the societal costs if pot were no longer against the law? [video]
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