Call to legalise pot, pocket tax

[OZ Stoners]

QUEENSLAND is the “cannabis capital” of Australia but the Premier has rejected the pot of gold legalising the drug could bring the Government.

 

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[Feenixx17]

What's new. They never listen. Colorado is set to pull in between 250 & 500 million dollars from there first year of legalization. Knock knock,who's there, opportunity knocking so stop slamming the door in my face.

[billygoat]

Seems Colorado will not pull in anywhere near that.

 

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-01/colorado-marijuana-revenue-lags-forecasts-as-licensing-is-slow

 

However, given australia's population is roughly 5 times Colorado, it would be reasonable to assume the government could achieve at least $200M per annum. I doubt this sort of revenue would be worth the hassle for them.... They could put up another 50 speed cameras and achieve the same...

[Midget]

$50 a gram in that article..... WTF?