State can TAX THE CRAP out of it –MONEYS, and lots of it

In millions of $ 2010 2011 2012

Alcoholic Beverage 19.5 19.8 20.6

Tobacco Products – Cigarettes 34.8 33.2 32.2

Tobacco Products – Other (General Fund) 10.3 11.2 12.1

Gallup poll 2010: 46% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, 70% support medical, in 1999 34%
tried pot

Prohibition less effective than legalization and regulation – alcohol example.

Surgeon General: Marijuana health effects no worse than those seen in alcohol and tobacco cigarettes.

“Evidence supporting marijuana for appetite loss, glaucoma, nausea, vomiting, spasticity, pain, and
weight loss is quite impressive. Evidence for its use for arthritis, dystonia, insomnia, seizures, and
Tourette’s syndrome is also very promising. There are no links between marijuana use and lung cancer
or emphysema.” - Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at Southern University
of New York, Albany