Editorial: What would legal pot do for Nevada’s economy?
Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 15, 2016, Las Vegas Sun.
By legalizing recreational marijuana, Nevada voters would spark $7.5 billion in economic activity in the first seven years of sales.
That’s the biggest number in an extensive report released this week by RCG Economics and the Marijuana Policy Group, but it’s not the only eye-popping figure.
With voters poised to decide a ballot measure on the issue in November, here’s a by-the-numbers look into some of the researchers’ other findings and projections:
• $1.7 billion: Total wages and business owner income that would be generated in the first seven years after legalization.