Thank you all
Marlboroman: None of those numbers include the sale price of the herb it self. Those numbers are explained in the article. The number of arrests come from FBI statistics, the cost of imprisonment is from US Justice department (WWW.USGOV.US) the value of income is simple math from the number of jobs times a minimum wage of $6.50/hr with a 40 hour week. I have not included the value of the increased sales of hydroponic supplies or as I said the actual cost of the weed. The Dutch Growers union can provide similar stastistics. The Dutch system will be covered in future articles, but to avoid corperate weed the Dutch system allows a maximum of 20 plants per registered grower. Each registered grower must have a set market ( coffee shop) before he can be licensed. To sell outside that market will result in arrests and revocation of license. more later
Peace Love and Good Vibes and thanks for reading the whole thing, there is a lot there.
Doctor G