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(Photo courtesy of http://hiphappy.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/conservatives-marijuana/)Marijuana Could Be a Gusher of Cash If We Treated It Like a Crop, Not a CrimeBy Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. Posted September 11, 2008. — Economists estimate tens of billions for governments if we taxed pot like tobacco and stopped wasting money on the drug war. One 2006 study called cannabis the top cash crop in the nation, worth more than corn and wheat combined…
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September 14, 2008 at 2:36 am
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