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Originally Posted by HOOT
edit: Add to that using the same figures (just adjusting numbers as per province tax rates) and assuming about 10-12.5% of the population currently and will continue to use marijuana you would be looking at $6,000,000,000 in Provincial and Federal revenue. Plus you would save $450,000,000 in law enforcement and $150,000,000 in court costs for marijuana. And I'm sure there are also other very high costs that can't be calculated like the amount of real crime that could have or will be stopped if they stop chasing around a plant they will never control.
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Who, knowing even the slightest bit about the affects of marijuana, looks at those figures and goes 'well this is clearly a good use of money'? FFS, for the court costs alone, you could buy 500 top of the line MRI machines.
Figure this out, government, your citizenry deserves better.