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Colorado collected $42 million in alcohol taxes over the same time period. http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/15/colorado-just-became-the-first-state-in-history-to
by lotharbot 11y ago
Colorado collected $42 million in alcohol taxes over the same time period.
http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/15/colorado-just-became-the-first-state-in-history-to-collect-more-taxes-from-marijuana-than-alcohol/ http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/15/colorado-just-became-the-f...
- toomuchtodo 11y agoSeems like their alcohol taxes are far too low, considering how much more harmful alcohol is versus marijuana.
- 6502nerdface 11y agoOr their marijuana tax is too high (as it were).
- JonFish85 11y agoIf that's all the tax is meant to do, offset harm. Which is only one small part of the story, I imagine.
- TallGuyShort 11y agoI've had a hard time convincing many of fellow Coloradoans of how harmful alcohol is compared to marijuana. It's newly legal, so people fear it more irrationally.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoThis is what I use to get my point across. http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/drugs_cause_most_harm http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/drugs_caus...
- leesalminen 11y agoThis doesn't take into account the revenue the state gains through its vicious DUI/DWAI laws. I would venture to guess that number far exceeds $42 mm/annum.
- dupe576 11y agoIf you are going to include that, wouldn't you then have to include all the money it costs the state to pay for damages caused by drunken drivers?