Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic torrent

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Doug Fine - Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution
Published: 2012-08-02 | ISBN: 1592407099 | EPUB

The first in-depth look at the burgeoning legal cannabis industry and how the “new green economy” is shaping our country
The nation’s economy is in trouble, but there’s one cash crop that has the potential to turn it around: cannabis (also known as marijuana and hemp). According to Time, the legal medicinal cannabis economy already generates $200 million annually in taxable proceeds from a mere two hundred thousand registered medical users in just fourteen states.
But, thanks to Nixon and the War on Drugs, cannabis is still synonymous with heroin on the federal level even though it has won mainstream acceptance nationwide.