Legal recreational marijuana could bring Georgia $73M

medical-marijuana-2As Georgia loses taxpaying families, educators for our schools and HOPE scholarship funds Georgia may want to re think their position on this issue. Like it or not marijuana is here to stay. It’s time to get it out of our schools and behind a counter were you must show id to purchase it.

The Peach State could reap huge benefits from taxing recreational marijuana, if it decides to legalize it.
Georgia stands to earn $72.5 million from legalized recreational marijuana in extra tax revenue, according to the personal finance website NerdWallet.com.
While legal recreational marijuana isn’t expected to be a reality in Georgia anytime soon, medical marijuana is on the finger-tips of Georgia lawmakers.

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