States that legalized marijuana collected over $10 billion in tax revenue.

[tblue37]

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States that legalized marijuana collected over $10 billion in tax revenue. Weed sales improve the economy while 40,000 people are locked up for cannabis offenses. I am begging @POTUS to deschedule marijuana and release these people. This is the emancipation of our lifetime.

[walkingman]

1. Texas government is too damn stupid to do something like that.

[Omnipresent]

5. Lawmakers in Texas smoke it...

While telling others it’s bad for them

[sky_masterson]

2. And the biproduct of a calmer munchie craving populace

Why it's not legal everywhere is insane.

[MuseRider]

8. I do not think it will ever be legal

in Kansas. Evil Weed! They are still so het up about the hippies that they still call it evil weed. Where oh where has Verne Miller gone? To the devil I suspect.

[sky_masterson]

9. I'd be happy if Missouri legalized it. I'm very close to the border

Kansas is supposed to be an agriculture state, you would think they'd embrace a crop.

[MuseRider]

10. Being a semi farmer

I know some who would. After my horses are gone I am torn between just keeping my hay crop or moving on to hemp or something else. Probably can't afford to change anything. Heck, just fertilizing my crop this year is likely to break me, it almost did last year. This year is going to be a show stopper when the bill shows up. I have lots of hay to sell however and those prices are going to also skyrocket. I usually end up giving it away during those really hard drought years.

Were you around during the Verne Miller days or the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers? Been a while, getting old and still no legal weed. At least we stopped them from taking away CBD.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

3. Half of it from me!

[malthaussen]

4. I made that argument fifty years ago.

If you want to increase tax revenues, by all means legalize and tax all vices. It's so simple.

-- Mal

[musclecar6]

7. Yeah

I said that too way back when. I figured it would all get figured out before too long. Obviously “too long” is still in process. Trying to deal with rampant stupidity is never fun, ergo the MAGA morons and other assorted dumb fucks and covid.

[LiberatedUSA]

6. If everyone smoked pot...

…all our political problems would be over quickly.

“You wanna ban plastic straws??? Eh, whatever, bong hit anyone?”