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The Colorado Department of Revenue reported $70 million in tax revenue from the sale of recreational marijuana, between July 2014 and June 2015. This history-making record easily topped the $42 million revenue the state made from alcohol in the United States within the same period of time. Marijuana has been so productive in Colorado that the state issued a tax holiday for marijuana items, proving that legalisation and proper regulation of the drug can significantly contribute its quota to revenue in any economy.
Marijuana is permitted or tolerated in about 30 cities and countries, like Argentina, Chile, Germany, Jamaica, and India, for medical use or personal consumption, albeit in small quantities. Uruguay became the first and only country to fully legalise the recreational usage of the drug in December 2013. And while there is no official stamp of legality, North Koreadoes not restrict the sale, possession, cultivation, or transportation of...
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