As determined Elf Sessions girds his wee loins for weed battle, let's crunch some numbers.

[Miles Archer]

States Gird For Marijuana War With Jeff Sessions



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marijuana-states-sessions_us_58b380cce4b0780bac2a7468?

Now growers, smokers and even state officials are preparing to guard the crop across the nation. A major concern is revenue. The non-profit Tax Foundation estimates that a mature legalized marijuana industry would generate up to $28 billion in tax revenue for federal, state and local governments. Colorado raked in $70 million in taxes in 2015, exceeding expectations.

A report on jobs predicts that the legal marijuana industry in the U.S. could create more than 250,000 jobs by the year 2020, Forbes reports. That’s more than projected job gains from manufacturing, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In Washington, the first state with Colorado to legalize recreational use of the drug, the state attorney general vowed to defy a federal crackdown.

“I will resist any efforts by the Trump administration to undermine the will of the voters in Washington state,” Ferguson told the Seattle Times.

[greymattermom]

1. You have to compare that with the profit to private prisons

and law enforcement. This one will be interesting. Remember that Trump hates it when he's unpopular.

[mreilly]

2. If it's fun, they want to outlaw it...

... what else would be expect from an asshole from Alabama named after the traitor Jefferson Davis?

I live in MA where weed was just legalized. As a heavy drinker, switching to marijuana could literally extend my lifespan. But of course the religious racist little God boys want to outlaw anything fun because "good people don't smoke marijuana" (but can I consume marijuana taffy instead, asshole?)

Typical. Go after anyone and everyone not like them or who does anything they don't approve of. Nattering endlessly about "freedom" all the way, of course (mark my words, religious freedom garbage is coming next, meaning the right of assholes to bully anyone they want if they think their garbage religion condones it, but of course if we do the same and refuse to hire Christians they'll scream their little heads all the way to the Supreme Court).

[Fast Walker 52]

3. they do this at thie peril-- not just for jobs and revenue but also these are very popular laws

how many people can they freaking piss off, anyway?