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It’s a year since Washington legalised marijuana and the sky hasn’t fallen down

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 07/06/2015 - 12:42

It turns out legalising marijuana in Washington wasn’t such a bad idea.

Who would have thought (a few people actually did) that making weed widely available in the state would not be catastrophic.

If you’re judging the decision based on money generated, it was certainly a good one.

Washington’s racked up more than $250 million (£160m) in marijuana sales in the past year from around 160 weed stores — roughly $62m (£39m) of which constitute marijuana excise taxes.

Packets of a variety of recreational marijuana named ‘Space Needle’ (Picture: AP)

That’s beyond the state’s original forecast of $36m (£23m).

And when state and local sales and other taxes are included, the total payday for the state and local governments tops $70m (£45m).

But of course some people will argue there are a lot more stoners walking around these days, who lack motivation and have a huge appetite.

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