Marijuana top US cash crop
“U.S. growers produce nearly $35 billion worth of marijuana annually, making the illegal drug the country’s largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat combined, an advocate of medical marijuana use said in a study released on Monday.…”Like all profitable agricultural crops marijuana adds resources and value to the economy,” he added. “The focus of public policy should be how to effectively control this market through regulation and taxation in order to achieve immediate and realistic goals, such as reducing teenage access.”
I would like to see one State legalize the personal use of Marijuana and make a bundle in tax revenue from it, while reducing the number of non violent inmates in its jails. Some income can be used to treat the relatively small number of folks who have difficulty with dependency. I imagine the increase in revenues and the decline in expenses will motivate most States to do likewise.
Now all we need are an enlightened Congress and President to allow the States to make this choice.
