Too much for a useless cause. Most of the time when you see agencies destroying weed, it's actually hemp
they made use $10,0000 at year.
Shabeeb
The War on Pot: America's $42 Billion Annual
10% of the states income you do the math:]]
Not enough.
It is difficult to provide an exact figure as spending may vary across different regions and time periods. However, significant resources are allocated for law enforcement, prosecution, and incarceration related to marijuana offenses. This spending could be redirected to other areas such as prevention, treatment, and harm reduction.
The earthquake caused an estimated $20 billion in damage.
It totally will and that is why it should be legalized. There is much spent on marijuana each day on the streets, money that could be spent at a state regulated store, taxed and regulated. And lets not forget all the money the state spends on prosectution and housing of all the offenders caught with marijuana. THAT would be gone also. Used to put away the REAL criminals, like killers and rapers. People you dont want on the street and not someone who simply smokes a little weed. Lets face it, marijuana is NOT GOING AWAY, so why not just deal with it, legalize it, regulate it and tax it. All would be benefited.
Andrew Carnegie how he spent his money
He ended up spending it on money for the wars
According to the California Department of Finance the amount varies from year to year. Generally 52 to 55% of the state budget is spent on education.
Money spent on the drug war?