These Colorado Students Are Going To College On Weed-Funded Scholarships
The upside of legalizing weed? You can tax the stuff and then use that revenue to fund scholarships. That is what Colorado is doing — one of four states (plus the District of Colombia) that has legalized the sale of marijuana for recreational use. Aurora, Colorado is already using its weed tax revenue to help fights its homelessness problem. Now another part of the state is following suit for students who want to go on to higher education.
Complex is reporting on a press release from the Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation, announcing a scholarship contest for Pueblo County, Colorado. The press release refers to this opportunity as the “world’s first marijuana tax-funded scholarship program.” Applications were open until April 29, with 25 lucky applicants getting $1000 each for the next academic year later in May.
Pueblo County officials are marveling at the fact that they can fund this...
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