Cost of the War on Drugs: 42 BILLION dollars per year (Federal – does not include State figs…add those in and you’re talking about some REAL money. /sarcasm)
Value of Annual Pot Crop: 18 BILLION dollars per year (estimated…It’s not like they issue receipts, eh? Also strictly domestic – does not take into account imports. Add in Canadian hydro, which is allegedly very good shit, and Mexican ditchweed the total jumps approximately 30%.)
Total: 60 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR
Taking billions away from narco-state despots and cartel swine, waking up to a sane and reasonable drug policy, and amortizing a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street greedheads over ten years without costing the taxpayer a single fucking red cent: PRICELESS.
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I’ve been scratching my head over the pot laws for decades. This makes perfect sense (which is why it may never happen). Farmers can’t even get laws in any but a handful of states to grow freaking hemp, a product that would do wonders for parts of the economy–starting with the farmers–but most dingleberry heads in DC think their kids will be raiding the fields, NOT getting a buzz. Christ on a crutch what a stupid law. And these are the kids, the ones busted for selling a few ounces to fund their own, who end up brutalized by prison and fucked up for life (but not in the way they originally intended). Still scratching head. Maybe I should check for lice. I do that a lot.