Legalising cannabis adds $3.6bn to Australian economy, budget office says
Parliamentary Budget Office rates fiscal benefits of Greens’ push to legalise, licence and tax marijuana
The Guardian (UK)
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Legalising cannabis would reap the Australian economy almost $2bn a year, the Parliamentary Budget Office has found. The Greens plan to not only decriminalise cannabis but also legalise it for adult use is the latest case study of political differences, with both Labor and the Coalition looking into legalising it for medicinal use, but going no further. But claiming that the “war on drugs had failed”, the Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, last week proposed the full legalisation of cannabis, which would allow adults to grow up to six marijuana plants for personal use. (See also: The drugs debate we have to have)
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