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joeylee23 t1_iy3e5in wrote

Reply to comment by Haitchyy in Ireland Aims To Legalize Cannabis For Personal Use by seebz69

Agreed,can you imagine the tax they could get from this.

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ThatWayHome t1_iy3hgxd wrote

Imagine if a massive portion of weed sales go directly into the NHS. :)

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WhyEggSoTasty t1_iy51pul wrote

Yeah nurses and doctors will have a laugh.. oh you mean for patients.

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Osiris32 t1_iy3w1ml wrote

$296.3 million USD per year. Just on sales.

That's extrapolating what my state's (Oregon) yearly marijuana tax revenue is and adjusting for Ireland's bigger population.

That number jumps up even more when you get into things like license fees, property taxes, inspection fees, etc. Not to mention the employment bump and the economic impact of legalization on tourism.

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Osiris32 t1_iy562tb wrote

> Giant, stupid waste of money keeping it illegal

I cannot agree with you more. Legalization saved us millions in court/incarceration costs and gained us hundreds of millions in tax revenue and new wages. It's fiscally responsible.

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