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Willie Nelson’s Crusade to Stop Big Pot (nymag.com)
4 points by bjshepard on Nov 2, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the United States, with 74 percent growth in 2014, according to a recent study by the ArcView Group, a Silicon Valley investment research firm. Last year, it generated $2.7 billion in sales and delivered more than $200 million in tax revenue to the legal states. In Colorado alone, the $88 million raised from pot was more than double that from alcohol.





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