Sun, 13 Sep 2009

Hard times boost pot economy

What really leapt out at me was this little tidbit:

The illegal American pot harvest is worth about $35 billion a year, according to government estimates. In comparison, the 2007 bumper corn crop in the US was worth approximately $45 billion.

Now that is a mind boggling number...

A surge in marijuana farming this year may be due to unemployment as well as growing demand for the drug.

(link) [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories]

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