michaelnights
08-10-2010, 03:47 AM
Anyone willing to help ?
For the past decade economists ( Miron, Gettman, Chaiken, et. al.) attempted to estimate the volume, value and worth of the American marijuana market.
It's all Ouija board stuff with figures based upon government estimates of the number of users (demand) and the amount of marijuana confiscated (supply). IMO Both base figures are wildly conservative - way off - way low.
i.e.; I've never known anyone stupid enough to truthfully answer a government agent when he asks, "do you smoke pot?" OR do you really believe the DEA stops 50% of the drugs coming over the Mexican border (right.) Any ways . . .
For the first time in modern US history (beginning in July, 2010) there is now accurate data to help answer some of these questions. CO, now has a tightly regulated mmj market that's producing accurate sales and tax revenue information. That data, compiled and analyzed, could be valuable for advocates attempting to pass marijuana legislation in other states.
I've only found good data from April in CO Springs and Denver. Does anyone have more up-to-date data ?
CO Data on MMJ
SEEKING: Published sales tax revenue / city, county / mth:
I've only found good data from April in CO Springs and Denver. Does anyone have more up-to-date data ?
Number of registered patients / county: (available, but out-of-date )
Recent estimates for July, 2010: 105,000 or 2% of total population
Population of figures for same cities, counties, etc.: (available)
Anyone want to make a guess of total number of marijuana users (total not just MMJ users) in CO?
A report published in Nov. 2009 for 2007 data suggests there are 512,000 past year users in CO, means 1/5th or 20% of CO puffers have MMJ IDs - think that's accurate?
http://www.drugscience.org/States/CO/CO.pdf
For the past decade economists ( Miron, Gettman, Chaiken, et. al.) attempted to estimate the volume, value and worth of the American marijuana market.
It's all Ouija board stuff with figures based upon government estimates of the number of users (demand) and the amount of marijuana confiscated (supply). IMO Both base figures are wildly conservative - way off - way low.
i.e.; I've never known anyone stupid enough to truthfully answer a government agent when he asks, "do you smoke pot?" OR do you really believe the DEA stops 50% of the drugs coming over the Mexican border (right.) Any ways . . .
For the first time in modern US history (beginning in July, 2010) there is now accurate data to help answer some of these questions. CO, now has a tightly regulated mmj market that's producing accurate sales and tax revenue information. That data, compiled and analyzed, could be valuable for advocates attempting to pass marijuana legislation in other states.
I've only found good data from April in CO Springs and Denver. Does anyone have more up-to-date data ?
CO Data on MMJ
SEEKING: Published sales tax revenue / city, county / mth:
I've only found good data from April in CO Springs and Denver. Does anyone have more up-to-date data ?
Number of registered patients / county: (available, but out-of-date )
Recent estimates for July, 2010: 105,000 or 2% of total population
Population of figures for same cities, counties, etc.: (available)
Anyone want to make a guess of total number of marijuana users (total not just MMJ users) in CO?
A report published in Nov. 2009 for 2007 data suggests there are 512,000 past year users in CO, means 1/5th or 20% of CO puffers have MMJ IDs - think that's accurate?
http://www.drugscience.org/States/CO/CO.pdf