is marijuana, which is worth $35 BILLION (yes, you got that right, that's BILLION, not million) dollars A YEAR. That's bigger than corn and wheat COMBINED. No, I'm not making this up. The source is a report prepared by John Gettman using figures provided by the US Central Aministration itself, according to the BBC.
[news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6193073.stm ; I found Gettman's original report at drugscience.org/Archive/bcr2/MJCropReport_2006.pdf]
The same BBC report says 'Tom Riley, a spokesman for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, rejected any economic arguments for legalising marijuana saying marijuana use was an "inherently harmful activity"'.
Indeed. Consumers should be warned that consumption of marijuana may cause you to disagree with the actions of the American government. This often proves fatal.
