Show-Me Legal Weed Budget Cure-all

A few inconvenient facts this evening . . . 

- Missouri legal weed has proved doubters wrong. The economic boom remains unprecedented and provides the greatest cash crop in a generation. 

- With BILLIONS in revenue earned . . . The so-called gateway drug effect hasn't materialized that the legal weed trades seems much safer than all of those poor souls addicted pharmaceutical grade opioids. 

- Legal weed has turned old school "drug war" morality upside down and generations of hyperbolic "reefer madness" sentiments are now silent whilst Missouri REPUBLICANS & DEMOCRATS look to cash in on this trend while it lasts. 

And all of these Saturday night sentiments seem to be backed up the another impressive cash accounting of the LEGAL Missouri cannabis trade earning REVENUE for local coffers whilst politicos figure out even more ways to tax it . . . Take a whiff . . .

The combined state and local tax revenue generated from cannabis sales in Missouri is projected to reach $238 million in 2024, according to estimates by the Missouri Cannabis Trade Association.

For perspective and scale, that’s one million more dollars than what Gov. Mike Parson recommended to fund Missouri’s Departments of Health & Senior Services and Public Safety combined in 2025.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Projected marijuana tax revenue in 2024 enough to fully fund Missouri's health, public safety departments

The combined state and local tax revenue generated from cannabis sales in Missouri is projected to reach $238 million in 2024.

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