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The government would save an estimated $ 13.7 billion on prohibition enforcement costs and tax revenue by legalizing marijuana, according to “Pot Legalization Could Save U.S. $13.7 Billion Per Year, 300 Economists Say.”
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It’s estimated that Washington’s legalization of marijuana could bring the state an additional $500 million in tax revenue, WPTV reports.
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Colorado’s pot legalization legislation, Amendment 64, is estimated to create $60 million for the state in combined savings and additional tax revenue, Colorado Springs Business Journal reports.
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Marijuana users could see substantial savings due to marijuana legalization, as prices could fall by up to 100 times, perhaps freeing up some much needed cash to repurpose elsewhere.
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Inmates that have been incarcerated on marijuana related charges, roughly, cost the United States prisons $1 billion annually, according to a 2007 study, AlterNet reports.
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Including lost cost tax revenues, a 2007 study found that enforcing the marijuana prohibition costs tax payers roughly $41.8 billion annually, Forbes reports.
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TIME Magazine reports in California alone marijuana growers account for $14 billion in sales, currently making it the state’s largest cash crop.
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According to MadameNoire, the illegal marijuana industry in the United States is estimated to gross $36 billion.
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The Sacramento News and Review saw a substantial boost in their ad revenue after they were allowed to offer business to 60 plus medical marijuana dispensaries, this inadvertently caused growth and additional jobs.
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Mendocino County – California’s “zip tie” program focused on regulating medical marijuana growers by charging them a permit for each plant which raised $600,000 in revenue for the Sheriff’s department in 2011.
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According to The New York Times in 2011, Oakland, California raised approximately $1.3 million in tax revenue from the medical marijuana industry, which is a 3% increase in the city’s business tax revenue as a whole.
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In 2011, The New York Times also reports Colorado having earned $5 million in sales taxes from all medical marijuana businesses in the industry.
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Bloomberg Businessweek reports that legal medical marijuana could gross an estimated $45 to $100 billion, the theory of Economist Stephen Easton in 2010.
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WeGrow, “The First Honest Hydro Store” creates an estimated 75 jobs every time they open another hydroponic marijuana growing supply chain.