{"id":2362,"date":"2010-06-23T16:20:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T15:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psyched.be\/wordpress\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2020-08-19T12:12:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T10:12:10","slug":"if-marijuana-production-were-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.psyched.be\/wordpress\/journalism\/if-marijuana-production-were-legal\/","title":{"rendered":"If Marijuana Production Were Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Marijuana Production Were Legal: Projected Tax Revenues, by State (US only)<\/h4>\n

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\nLove it or hate it, people smoke marijuana – lots of it.<\/em>
\nIn some states marijuana consumption and possession have been decriminalized, and even legalized for medicinal purposes. But, have you ever wondered how large the economics of Marijuana were? Us too. As a result ,have decided to put together this graphic, which illustrates the popularity of marijuana consumption, the federal tax dollars spent to keep marijuana illegal, and the possible tax revenues that could be generated if marijuana production were legalized and taxed like any other agricultural product. It is especially interesting, with regards to the Great Recession.
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If Marijuana Production Were Legal: Projected Tax Revenues, by State (US only) Love it or hate it, people smoke marijuana – lots of it. In some states marijuana consumption and possession have been decriminalized, and even legalized for medicinal purposes. But, have you ever wondered how large the economics of Marijuana were? Us too. As a result ,have decided to put together this graphic, which illustrates the popularity of marijuana consumption, the federal tax dollars spent to keep marijuana illegal, and the possible tax revenues…<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,15,33,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drugs-medicine","category-journalism","category-nature","category-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t