Legal Marijuana a 'Powerful Force' in Oregon Economy

[L. Coyote]

From Sen. Burdick's Fb wall:

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/290669

Cannabis has quickly become a billion dollar industry in Oregon that employs tens of thousands of people.

March 16, 2017

A new report on the recreational and medical marijuana industry in Oregon estimates that 12,500 jobs have been created with cumulative annual wages of $315 million.

With the report, done by Beau Whitney of Whitney Economics, Oregon joins Colorado in reporting a big economic boost from the legalization of marijuana.

It’s important to note that Whitney wrote the report for the Oregon State House of Representatives Committee on Economic Development and Trade. In another words, it’s a government-sponsored report. With that caveat, the report shows some impressive numbers associated with the marijuana business ...........

[Warpy]

1. Yes, plus increasing tax revenues enormously

I wish we could get the Puritans out of the NM lege and get legal pot here. Susana la Tejana Martinez has bungled the state's finances, and what once was a surplus is now a deficit. We suddenly need the money, or our slush fund of oil and gas royalties will be down to zero, leaving us no interest to fall back on.

We need it here, especially since it might provide an alternative to some people for the only legal drug, alcohol, a drug that has devastated people across this state.