In 2015, the legal marijuana industry in Colorado created more than 18,000 new full-time jobs and generated $2.4 billion in economic activity, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of the economics of legal cannabis in the state. Source

As part of the state’s legalization plan, Colorado (where cannabis is legal and taxed) allocates $40 million in cannabis tax money into the state’s Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) program every year. The money then goes to building new schools or improving them. Source

In states where it is legal to use medical marijuana to manage chronic pain and other conditions, the annual number of deaths from prescription drug overdose is 25 percent lower than in states where medical marijuana remains illegal, new research suggests. Source

Wisconsin can jump back to the forefront of industrial hemp production and the creation of jobs that come with it. Wisconsin has the agricultural know-how to learn every segment of hemp and cannabis production for personal, health, and industrial uses. Source