 The capitol city of California, Sacramento, recently commissioned a report on the impact of cannabis. The report showed that the affect has been positive.
First, the report found that cannabis brings jobs, lots and lots of jobs! There are literally tens of thousands of new cannabis jobs that have been created by the cannabis industry. And those employees are all contributing to the overall economic health of the state, too, by injecting more money into the system. Second, the report found that generally, home values have not been negatively affected by cannabis. And third, and perhaps most importantly, the legal cannabis market has not caused significant changes in crime. There have been some robberies of cannabis businesses. They’re attractive targets for some thieves due to the fact that the federal government forces these businesses to only use cash. Sacramento’s police department noted that these burglaries resulted in less than 1% of all robberies in the city. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, commented on the report. Their Deputy Director Paul Armentano said: “These findings ought to mitigate the concerns of local officials who have been reluctant to embrace regulating the cannabis marketplace. Licensed cannabis retailers are good neighbors, drive economic growth, and redirect tax dollars back into the local community. It makes no sense from either an economic perspective or from a public health perspective to prohibit these businesses or to relegate cannabis commerce solely to those operating in the unregulated marketplace.” Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article262150152.html#storylink=cpy Comments are closed.
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