The way I see it, there are several ways illegal grass impacts taxes at the moment.
1) enforcing the law and the policing the criminal activity that results fom MJ.
2) loss of people's motivation and increasing the resultant social costs.
3) health costs
There are likely more...
Legalizing MJ will minimize the first one and likely increase the second.
Regarding the third this will bring forward costs as people get sick earlier and die earlier. (The first and last years of our life tend to be the most expensive).
But on average may be a cost savings ...... who knows? Just curious are people who smoke grass more likely to smoke tobacco products.... if so then won't be big deal.
Does anyone have any actual data.
I just can't help rationalizing that decriminalizing marijuanna is the very last thing the criminal element wants.
Is that a tomato plant I see growing in your window?
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