Currently, 11 states have legalized marijuana or cannabis for
recreational use. Four more states, 1
including Arizona and New Jersey, are voting to legalize and tax
recreational marijuana sales recently . The motivation for
legalization includes allowing the government to use police
resources against more serious crimes, removing illegal drug
dealers, raising tax revenue, and treating addiction as a public
health issue instead of a criminal issue.
Question 1
a. Taxing legal marijuana sales is attractive at a time when...