Tag: economics

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November 12, 2012
11/12/2012
Marijuana in Colorado: Ready for Business, Complete with Regulations

Marijuana in Colorado: Ready for Business, Complete with Regulations

Time covers the Colorado cannabis business ecosystem and why it’s ready for legalized recreational marijuana after the state’s solid experience with medical marijuana.
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November 2, 2012
11/02/2012
Legalization Would be a Direct Attack on Cartel Bankrolls

Legalization Would be a Direct Attack on Cartel Bankrolls

According to a study by a respected Mexican Think Tank, the legalization of recreational marijuana, which we will hopefully see after next week, could reduce cartel profits by...
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October 30, 2012
10/30/2012
Video: Retired Police Captain Demolishes the War On Drugs

Video: Retired Police Captain Demolishes the War On Drugs

LEAP co-founder and retired police captain, Peter Christ, appears on WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, NY and takes on all aspects of our country’s disastrous War on Drugs. Christ is...
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October 29, 2012
10/29/2012
Medical Marijuana Collective Owner Grapples with How to Vote on I-502

Medical Marijuana Collective Owner Grapples with How to Vote on I-502

Washington State Initiative 502 is a moral quandary for many in the medical marijuana business. Dale Meltzer, co-owner of Serious Medicine Collective , in Olympia, WA has...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

War on Drugs is a powerful, well-produced comic that purveys a message that cannabis advocates empathize with. For some time, Milton Friedman and his fellow economists have witnessed the ills...
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October 12, 2012
10/12/2012
241,000 Marijuana Arrests in Washington over 25 Years, Costing $300 Million

241,000 Marijuana Arrests in Washington over 25 Years, Costing $300 Million

The report on marijuana arrests in Washington state conservatively estimates those arrests cost $305,714,500 in police and court proceedings during the past 25 years, and $194,026,500 in the...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
CO Presidential Debate Unwittingly Sets Precedent for Marijuana Reform

CO Presidential Debate Unwittingly Sets Precedent for Marijuana Reform

In case you missed the first Presidential Debate of 2012, it appears that both the incumbent President and presidential hopeful were in agreement about marijuana reform based...
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October 1, 2012
10/01/2012
CNN: 2012 Cost of Failed War on Drugs Through September

CNN: 2012 Cost of Failed War on Drugs Through September

The utter failure that is the war on drugs has reached a combined $30 billion so far this year and 1.2 million Americans have been arrested for...
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October 1, 2012
10/01/2012
Veteran Emerald Triangle Pot Growers See Their Way of Life Ending

Veteran Emerald Triangle Pot Growers See Their Way of Life Ending

Since the mid-1990s, the price of outdoor-grown marijuana has plummeted from more than $5,000 a pound to less than $2,000, and even as low as $800. Economics...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
The Last Word: Rewriting the Cost of the War on Drugs

The Last Word: Rewriting the Cost of the War on Drugs

What is the real cost of the war on drugs? How long do you fight a war that cannot be won? Lawrence O’Donnell (The Last Word, NBC News)...
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July 23, 2012
07/23/2012
Belize Ponders Marijuana Decriminalization

Belize Ponders Marijuana Decriminalization

012, 06:55pm The government of Belize is studying the possible decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana in a bid to unclog its courts and...
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July 18, 2012
07/18/2012
Wasted Potential Infographic

Wasted Potential Infographic

Here’s a fun marijuana infographic (circa 2008) showing among other things the lost tax revenue of cannabis prohibition…over $700 million in lost tax revenue, while we spend...
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July 17, 2012
07/17/2012
The Black Market Strikes Back Against Washington’s I-502

The Black Market Strikes Back Against Washington’s I-502

Nick Hagen writes an article to combat scare tactics being spread by some illegal drug dealers and a small group of medical marijuana advocates, who are telling their Washingtonian customers...
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July 9, 2012
07/09/2012
Will Obama Fight Mexico’s Desire to Throw in the Towel On Failed War On Drugs?

Will Obama Fight Mexico’s Desire to Throw in the Towel On Failed War On Drugs?

Even though the US uses both the carrot and the stick in strong arming other nations into supporting the failed war on drugs, nations like Mexico can’t...
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July 6, 2012
07/06/2012
Prohibition, Black Markets, and What is Best for Our Children

Prohibition, Black Markets, and What is Best for Our Children

One of the most prevalent scare tactics from prohibitionists is how a sensible taxation and regulation policy for marijuana will turn our children into 24/7 couch-locked stoners since they’ll...
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June 27, 2012
06/27/2012
Fewer DEA Agents For Greater Economic Growth?

Fewer DEA Agents For Greater Economic Growth?

With our private sector now officially falling short of “just fine,” the failed war on marijuana is something both Obama and Congress should revisit.  Squandering precious federal...
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June 25, 2012
06/25/2012
Economists give Obama and Congress a ‘D’

Economists give Obama and Congress a ‘D’

CNNMoney asked 20 economists to give Obama and Congress a letter grade on their handling, or there lack of, of the economy.  Read more to find out...
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June 22, 2012
06/22/2012
Can Marijuana save the United States Postal Service (USPS)?

Can Marijuana save the United States Postal Service (USPS)?

The Dec 15 2011 Daily Show skit Too Big To Mail lovingly poked fun at the continued dismantling by Congress of the 236 year old United States Postal...
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June 21, 2012
06/21/2012
If Corporate Competition is Good for Consumers, Why isn’t Political Competition?

If Corporate Competition is Good for Consumers, Why isn’t Political Competition?

Economics 101 rightfully drills into business students’ heads that competition is a good thing.  Corporate competition to the consumer should ultimately lead to better products at lower prices....
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