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Campaigners in US say legalising cannabis would be worth billions to govt
Sunday, 11 October 2009
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The world's first cannabis college has opened in the US.
Medical marijuana is being grown legally in the college's laboratories in Oakland, California, and the city council is taxing sales of the drug.
Campaigners have said the rest of debt-ridden California should follow their example and legalise cannabis.
College head Richard Lee said the industry is worth an estimated $15bn in California so sales tax alone would bring in $1.5bn,
"We learned with alcohol prohibition in the 1920s that when you make it illegal it doesn't stop people from drinking, it just causes more crime and violence and less respect for law and law enforcement."
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In the open and regulated is better than all the hiding adding to more corruption.
Posted by Linda | 16.10.09, 00:13 GMT
it should be legal, it is less harmful than alcohol. you would see a huge boom of tourists. and it would be worth billions to the government. LEGALISE IN THE UK.
Posted by k | 14.10.09, 18:01 GMT
alcohol is more dangerouse than cannibis
Posted by richard steeb | 12.10.09, 17:47 GMT
To keep cannabis illegal while tobacco and alcohol are dispensed freely is *MURDEROUSLY STUPID*.
What is the controversy?
Richard Steeb, San Jose California
Posted by Richard Steeb | 12.10.09, 00:32 GMT