Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Legal Pot for Economic Prosperity

It seems that going green might be good for the economy.

Our group has picked full legalization as our argument, and that is exactly what a member of the California legistlature has proposed.

San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has proposed raising funds for California's ailing state economy by making pot legal and taxing it. The tax, $50 per ounce, would raise over $1 billion dollars annually.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29374351/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/25/opinion/courtwatch/main4828659.shtml
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/02/25/a-revenue-and-legalization-lesson-from-fdr/

A paper from the Journal of Drug Issues about prices in drug markets:
http://www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/reuter/Working%20Papers/What%20Price%20Data%20Tell%20Us.pdf







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