Legalize Marijuana + $7 Tax = $218.8 Billion in Taxes & Fixes the Economy
It is a little difficult to estimate exactly how much money would be generated from taxes on legalized marijuana (10x higher than cigarette taxes). But based on $437.6 million in new revenue for Ohio for a $0.70 tax increase on cigarettes we can make the below estimation:
$7.00 tax on legalized Marijuana Sales creates $4.376 billion for Ohio.
Just for fun let’s multiply by 50 states and that is $218.8 Billion generated each year in legalized marijuana taxation based on $7.00 per legal unit of sale.
source: http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0098.pdf
Where do you get the information that marijuana will sell as many units as cigerettes.
To luther’s question:
Information on marijuana possibly selling as many or more units as cigaretes is found in many different articles in magazines, newspapers, and online web articles.
For your convenience, I will leave a link to the bottom of my response. It is a survey conducted by the Vancouver Sun on marijuana preference over tobacco. I do realize it is a Canadian survey, but you have to also take in consideration that the U.S. is a much more diverse and populated country.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=f3539074-30e7-488e-b8ee-bb1129cf2341&k=68777