Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Bernie and Marijuana Legalization [View all]PatrickforO
(14,516 posts)Recreational marijuana sales in Colorado hit the $50 million per month mark and $35 million per month for medical marijuana.
So it's a $1 billion annual market JUST in Colorado.
Good points:
- Dramatic increase in tax base with much of the revenue going to K-12
- An estimated $9 billion in revenue taken away from vicious drug cartels
- Significantly lower jail population
- Pot is no longer a 'gateway' drug if it ever was
I can remember the big electronic town hall Obama had right after he was elected. I participated in that, and every fourth post called for marijuana to be legalized and the drug war ended.
Americans overwhelmingly support medical marijuana an I believe a majority support full legalization.
By the way, it was big oil that cozened Congress into making pot illegal because John Rockefeller who was going for a cornered market felt that hemp oil might affect his profits. So the corporate propaganda went out: if you smoke pot, you'll kill your horse. Then a few years later, if you smoke pot you'll kill your mother. And so on.
Legalize now! We can use hemp oil, hemp seeds (comparable in nutritional quality to soy) and people in chronic pain really can benefit. Ridiculous keeping it illegal; just as ridiculous as privatizing prisons...what??? Could there be a $link$ here???