Marijuana - whether medical or recreational - has a twisted and controversial history.
And history is constantly being rewritten, with new marijuana laws being proposed every year, seemingly. Being a finance website, we started thinking about the money side of things.
Pot proponents will tell you that there are plenty of financial benefits to the country, and as we found out, they might be right. There are billions of dollars at stake when it comes to legalizing marijuana, not to mention the reduced costs in enforcement of prohibition laws.
Check out the numbers below.
Click here to see the entire infographic, in all its splendor.
Click here to see the entire infographic, in all its splendor.
LEGALIZE AND TAX!
3/13/2010
Wow! tell me what you really think!
2/10/2010
...they also smoked a fatty after they signed the constitution. Then they went and bedded some slaves:(
2/10/2010
I know! It's so crazy how people are afraid of change, even if it's
2/10/2010
ewh!! Just store it in your freezer like everyone else!
2/10/2010
ewh! Just store it in your freezer like everyon
2/10/2010
I couldn't agree more! Love the picture by the way, I printed it for my refrigerator. Thanks!
2/10/2010
my weed is taped to the underside of the inside of a toilet
2/9/2010
i love meth way more
2/9/2010
i love weed
2/9/2010
I believe it - we are losing out. For all those people who got jailed because they were selling marijuana - it's costs 70k per inmate to keep them in jail!
2/9/2010
