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Usa at 13.5B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $675 million <br> | Usa at 13.5B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $675 million <br> | ||
Japan at $20B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $1 billion<br> | Japan at $20B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $1 billion<br> | ||
$34 billion leads to $1.7 billion for Japan and US at 5%<br> | $34 billion leads to '''$1.7 billion/year''' for Japan and US at 5%<br> | ||
Source 2: <br> | Source 2: <br> | ||
Decriminalise Marijuana: Source: Column Five Media via the heralddaily Oct, 2009 (ALL USA STATS)<br> | Decriminalise Marijuana: Source: Column Five Media via the heralddaily Oct, 2009 (ALL USA STATS)<br> | ||
Black market revenue of marijuana alone is estimated at $141.8 billion (approx 50% of all illegal drug revenue) (source: havocscope, a database of black-markets)...reference: cocaine is $70 billion <br> | |||
1 person is arrested for marijuana every 38 seconds<br> | 1 person is arrested for marijuana every 38 seconds<br> | ||
49.8% of all drug related arrests are for marijuana<br> | 49.8% of all drug related arrests are for marijuana<br> | ||
In 2007-2008, over 1.7M arrests made for marijuana<br> | In 2007-2008, over 1.7M arrests made for marijuana<br> | ||
Tax-payers dollars spend to prosecute marijuana offenders: $12 billion <br> | Cost to incarcerate for 1 year: $23,876 (2009 DOJ)<br> | ||
Tax-payers dollars spend to prosecute marijuana offenders: '''$12 billion/year''' <br> | |||
$12 billion includes: The societal costs of propagandizing against marijuana and marijuana law reform, funding anti-marijuana research, interdicting marijuana, eradicating domestically grown marijuana and industrial hemp, law enforcement, prosecuting and incarcerating marijuana smokers<br> | $12 billion includes: The societal costs of propagandizing against marijuana and marijuana law reform, funding anti-marijuana research, interdicting marijuana, eradicating domestically grown marijuana and industrial hemp, law enforcement, prosecuting and incarcerating marijuana smokers<br> | ||
Legalising and adding tax is another option which can add approx. '''$2.2 and $6.4 billion/year''' (USA alone) (source: The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition )<br> | |||
Total revenue from taxing the adult entertainment industry in US/Japan @5%: '''$1.7 billion/year'''<br> | |||
Total revenue from decriminalising marijuana in USA: '''$12 billion/year'''<br> | |||
Total revenue from taxing marijuana in USA: '''$2.2-6.4 billion/year'''<br> | |||
Total revenue generated: '''$13.7/year - $20.1/year'''<br> | |||