$12.8 million it taxes, licenses, and fees in AUGUST alone. Not to mention this is only Colorado, not counting Washington and/or other states where it's medically regulated. From 2014-2015, it nearly doubled. I can damn near guarantee that within the next 10-20 years, it will ATLEAST be medically regulated in all 50 states. Some more will convert to recreational like Colorado and Washington has. Politics and money go together like an ugly rich man and a cheap prostitute. There's to much money to be made in this industry. Not to mention the medical benefits. The only downside is the lost of pharmaceutical money and a few other things. But it would surely balance out over time and is so much safer than 9/10 prescription drugs being offered at the moment. I could only imagine the average life span would increase as well, seeing that a lot of people take some form of medication that has much worse side effects. Remember the saying, "if only money grew on trees" ? Yeah, it literally does lmao. It WILL become the ultimate cash crop.