How legalizing marijuana can help the economy

    • [PDF File]THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

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      THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION By: David G. Evans, Esq., Executive Director, Drug Free Projects Coalition This is the first of a series of papers exploring the economic and social costs of legalizing marijuana. The states of Washington and Colorado in the United Sates have legalized marijuana for recreational use. A


    • [PDF File]The Effects of the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana

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      marijuana has had on the states’ economy, crime, traffic violations, poverty and social impact. There were and are still many assumptions that the effects of legalizing marijuana have, some of which have been proven to be true and other that were proven over time to not be true.


    • [PDF File]An Economic Analysis of Marijuana Legalization in Florida

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      The US government spends billions of taxpayers’ dollars each year enforcing marijuana prohibition laws. However, the past 40 years have seen a drastic change in how Americans view marijuana and its legal status. Since 1996, 23 states have legalized the medicinal use of marijuana, 14 states have decriminalized it, and 4 states as well as the


    • [PDF File]ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

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      marijuana prohibition was not practical and that it should be taxed to maximum presumably possible scope. Today’s world is faced with the similar problem. Legalization of marijuana can and would have many positive impacts. Currently there is an open debate on marijuana, with a


    • [PDF File]The National Cannabis Economy

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      of Americans now support legalizing cannabis, a dramatic increase from just 12 percent in 1969. 1. The legalization of cannabis has significant implications for state economies, as well as the national economy. The industry totaled more than $8 billion in sales in 2017, with sales estimated to reach $11 billion this year and $23 billion by 2022. 2


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      THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION By: David G. Evans, Esq., Executive Director, Drug Free Projects Coalition This is the first of a series of papers exploring the economic and social costs of legalizing marijuana. The states of Washington and Colorado in the United Sates have legalized marijuana for recreational use. A


    • [PDF File]THE LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN COLORADO: THE …

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      related to the legalization of marijuana so that informed decisions can be made regarding this issue. Background It is important to note that, for purposes of the debate on legalizing marijuana in Colorado, there are three distinct timeframes to consider: the early medical marijuana era (2000 -2008), the medical


    • [PDF File]The Economic Effects of National Marijuana Legalization

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      have on the national economy by examining the states that have legalized marijuana. States who have already passed such legislation provide a framework for state-level economic impact of marijuana legalization that can be projected to a national scale. The framework is based on the factors influencing marijuana’s economic impact, which will


    • [PDF File]Microeconomics in Legalizing Marijuana

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      We are already seeing progress in the movement to legalize Marijuana. After the 2012 Presidential election, two states, Colorado and Washington, legalized recreational use of Marijuana. The remaining forty-eight states will watch with eyes wide open to see the effects on the current economy as well as on society, for better or for worse.


    • Effects of Regulation Intensity on Marijuana Black Market ...

      Advocates of marijuana legalization have been arguing that a regulated marijuana market can benefit the public by eliminating the illicit trade marijuana and generatingof substantial tax revenue (Cohen & McGowan, 2012; Caputo & Ostrom, 1994; Gettman & Kennedy, 2014). However, several years after the legalization, the regulated marijuana


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