Name:	copperline -	Reply
Subject:	The effects of legalizing marijuana
Date:	9/22/2016 4:31:13 PM

9/22/16   Leada Gore, Birmingham News

"Four states – Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska –have legalized the retail sale of marijuana. One of the main reasons cited by each state for legalizing pot is the tax revenue generated by marijuana sales.

Retail marijuana sales started in Colorado 2014, bringing in $56 million the first year and $113 million in 2015. It's estimated tax revenue this year will top $140 million. Washington state, which began retail sales in 2014, brought in $76.9 million last year; Oregon, which has had legalized sales for about a year, has projected its tax revenues from marijuana at almost $60 million.

Alaska – which will start legalized pot sales later this year – expects to see a tax revenue boost of about $19.2 million a year.

That type of money could be enticing to states constantly on the lookout for additional revenues.

And how much would that revenue be? 24/7 Wall Street used numbers from the Tax Foundation to determine how much tax revenue would be generated by legalized marijuana sales in each state. The figures were determined by looking at per capita pot sales in Colorado and Washington to get revenue estimates then assessing a hypothetical tax of 25 percent.

In Alabama, legalized marijuana sales would generate about $134 million in tax revenue each year, according to the analysis. That's the 27th highest amount of revenue from among all the state projections, despite Alabama's marijuana use rate of 5.6 percent, the fifth lowest in the nation. 

Don't go spending that pot money just yet, however.

Another list by 24/7 WallStreet ranks Alabama as the state least likely to legalize retail marijuana sales."

Considering the sad state of Alabama's financial woes.... this idea needs to be given a fair hearing IMO

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	The effects of legalizing marijuana
Date:	9/22/2016 5:20:44 PM

From reading most of the posts, it appears marijuana use by posters is alot higher than the rest of AL.

Name:	wix -	Reply
Subject:	Copper-krap*...Are you a
Date:	9/22/2016 5:30:43 PM

A       P O T H E A D

Name:	wix -	Reply
Subject:	Goof-Krap*.....IS YOU
Date:	9/22/2016 5:32:31 PM

A    P O T H E A D??????

Name:	DS Realist -	Reply
Subject:	Copper-krap*...Are you a
Date:	9/22/2016 7:21:07 PM

It should be available for medicinal purposes.  I have a friend who has severe back pains; I understand that an extract made from pot can help with his pain.  And there are other uses for it, medically.

Name:	Mack -	Reply
Subject:	The effects of legalizing marijuana are..
Date:	9/22/2016 9:18:37 PM

- establishes a direct path to other lethal narcotics

- creates an added load to an already overloaded social welfare system for health care, in this case drug addicts..

Name:	copperline -	Reply
Subject:	The effects of legalizing marijuana are..
Date:	9/23/2016 6:07:32 PM

Looking at the hard research, here’s what you find.    The Centers for Disease Control, US Dept of Public Health released data in June 2016 that stated the following:

                There are an average of 2200 deaths per year in the US due to Alcohol overdoses, 2010-1012.               

                There were an average of 88,000 deaths per year from 20016-2010 due to alcohol related conditions.

At the same time, research has extensively reviewed cause-of-death data from across the US and there has not been a single case of a death due to overdose of marijuana.    Ever.

http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Overdose#sthash.wmha7jiq.dpbs 

If you were looking to ban a drug because of its impact on public health, it would have to be alcohol, not marijuana. 

Name:	Mack -	Reply
Subject:	Did you read my post??
Date:	9/23/2016 7:45:53 PM

Don't think so.

My point was that use of MJ is a stepping stage to other, more deadly drugs.

Want to compare deaths by MJ to deaths by heroin/cocain??

Name:	wix -	Reply
Subject:	copperidiot.....that is a stupid post
Date:	9/23/2016 11:40:45 PM

You quote from a pro-illegal drug article and you give a couple of very stupid stats about alcohol, no per capita info for drugs or alcohol, and you expect us to accept your stupid liberal BS.  Geez....

Name:	Buteye -	Reply
Subject:	The effects of legalizing marijuana are..
Date:	9/24/2016 1:12:45 AM

Boy, when you want to know everything there is to know about anything don't google "Google", just ask Copperline. I bet he could help Donald as he prepares for his upcoming debate.

Name:	copperline -	Reply
Subject:	The effects of legalizing marijuana are..
Date:	9/24/2016 1:40:26 AM

You guys don't want to have a serious conversation about anything these days.   Best slam wins, right?

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	HEY COOP
Date:	9/24/2016 10:06:10 AM

At what point are you going to realize you are wasting your time trying to have a discussion with the "deplorables" on the Forum?

Name:	copperline -	Reply
Subject:	HEY COOP
Date:	9/24/2016 10:18:59 AM

Recently, I've been getting alot of advice that I should stop talking up the election of Hillary Clinton because to do so is useless on this forum, now it seems I'm being urged to give up on having reasonable back & forth discussions about anything else.

I don't think that its a very good idea to give up on either one.  

But thanks for sharing.