Sunday, November 04, 2018

Huge Cost to a State and Communities when Legalizing Recreational Marijuana

Huge Cost to a State and Communities when Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
THE PROFITEERS IN THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY PROMISE RICHES FOR STATES THAT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE
– the only ones getting rich are the marijuana industry. 
State governments and society lose money whenever pot is legalized. 
Whether it is costs to employers, increases to social service costs, the rise in homelessness or the regulatory system created to manage the marijuana program, the marijuana industry doesn’t pay these costs. 
Instead, we all pay: citizens, employers, and state government.
Thus, any revenue is outweighed up by the societal costs attributed to legalizatiaon
This is just like tobacco and alcohol, where costs far outweigh revenues..."
Read on.

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