If Marijuana Production Were Legal: Projected Tax Revenues, by State

Tax the weed and save the planet. We could clear out some debt. Stop locking up smokers with violent offenders. Spend more money on treatment. I am willing to help our country.. Are you?

On what criteria is a video picked for TV? Any comments would be fully appreciated..

cool infograph! Makes a very valid point and looks pro

Legalizing marijuana the only stimulus we'ed ever need.!

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Wow, look at all that money that could be made for great things, like, oh I don't know, public health care!

I'd like to know what tax rate they're using.

"The Evidence" is easy as a click away!

bombastinator,
Your statement is so irrelevant because if you had of looked before poping off, you would of seen that the SOURCE was at the bottom of the Chart!!! BudgetaryImplications from Marijuana Prohibition. Whitehouse.gov.

I would suggest perhaps you take your over-educated ass to school and do a research paper, because this is not a debate forum, nor is it a place to start referecing a bunch of qoutes. it is an open participatory news rating system... and I only supplied the info. you want to personally attack someone... please take it up with the researcher who done the analysis and I am sure he would have the Citations.

It's a story that needs to be told, it needs no supporting evidence anylonger!!!! BESIDES IT IS THE NUMBER 2 STORY OF THE DAY BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOWS IT IS UNEQUIVOCALLY TRUE!!!

Projected by whom?

projections are rarely ever much more than that though, and if the projector in question has an agenda the projections generally lose value in direct proportion to the urgency of that agenda.

Now looking at the evidence presented I see no explanation what so ever of where any of these numbers came from. The vehicle itself is not a news orgainzation, but a bar blog(?!) who claims its main associates are humor sites like college humor and holy taco.

There is nothing here. There is zero credibility. Whether or not these numbers may actually be real is irrelevant because we have no idea at all where they came from.

Ohh Wee! More money to piss away and sustain the welfare state. Let us just tax everything. That's the solution. Why do i then have the feeling that everything will be fucked even when the last financial product is taxed?

Voted Down. More stupid crap.

Everything that comes from the earth is good for us in one way or another, but cannabis is one of the best gifts from mother nature, it's such a shame people's ignorance have held us back from the type of society we could be if we utilised hemp in a helpful way.

So what is the reward for submitting two stories rated among the top 10 on the same day?... and I am new at this!

They could pump this money back into our economy for the greater good!

this kind of thing is a little more like it. but...... I'm going to write something on the subject of legalization and the best way to go about it.

but right now things like this is good. keep attacking the main aspect of prohibition..... MONEY.

and dont let up. attack the alcohol and tobacco industry among many others, its the only thing that the govt. is really concerned about..

most of the prohibition money comes from these two industries and the govt. is scared of losing that money, also the prison system gets money for it and they feel the same as the govt. so we have to attack... money basically.

Money isnt the only thing our focus should be on but it is the main thing.

also organize on this. we as pro marijuana legalizationists(i know thats not a word) need to work co-op on a national scale for anything to get done with regards prohibition. right now we may have the same goal, but our ways of getting to the goal is so different that it all sounds like gibberish and random chatter.

leadership... and not one person, but a small group leading everyone for legalization is needed.

right now all we have are activists, and how often do we ever hear about them on the main stream or even in news papers... its because we need organization to make a collective effort to bring about change. otherwise the road to legalization is a far way off... you'll hear more from me on this in my article... ill hit all of you up tomorrow on this.

peace, n much love.

thats what i like to see..... green.

The density part of the graphic is hilarious its just the states' borders smoothed out with the highest population states the brightest color. It makes it look like the entire state of Texas is full of herb smokers which I can tell you, sadly it's not. Yep their out there in middle-of-nowhere Texas listening to reggae and rollin' joints all over the place lol!

This graphic is pretty weak, it just shows the states by population rather than places where the most herb is smoked. 1 in 3 people may admit to smoking the ganga but they aren't spread out evenly throughout the whole country, certain areas have higher percentage of smokers and it looks like they didn't account for this. Just legalize it already so I don't have to hear about this shit anymore.

Legalize it,
don't criticize it!
Legalize it,
and I'll advertise it!

Listen to the wise words of Peter Tosh

It would sure be an answer to a lot of the country's problems, just look at the deficits, state and national.

I think this site is a little conservative about how much we would make were we to legalize and tax marijuana. Its a multi-billion dollar industry with 100's of potential uses, not to mention its recreational use. On top of that the money we spend on advertising, as well as keeping non-violent "criminals" locked up would go to other things. The legalization of weed makes sense not only philosophically but also logically and fiscally. So why the fuck is it still illegal?!