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Cost to cancel out deforestation: $14 billion
Cost to cancel out deforestation: $14 billion/year <br>
Where can the money come from??
Where can the money come from??<br>
Adult Entertainment: Worldwide Industry size: $97 Billion (2006, Internet Filter Review)
Source 1:<br>
China: 28% ($27B). South Korea: 27% ($26B), Japan: 21% ($20B), USA: 14% ($13.6B)
Adult Entertainment: Worldwide Industry size: $97 Billion (2006, Internet Filter Review)<br>
Current USA rate of porn tax is 18.75 to 25%
China: 28% ($27B). South Korea: 27% ($26B), Japan: 21% ($20B), USA: 14% ($13.6B)<br>
Usa at 13.5B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $675 million  
Current USA rate of porn tax is 18.75 to 25%<br>
Japan at $20B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $1 billion
Usa at 13.5B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $675 million <br>
$34 billion leads to $1.7 billion for Japan and US at 5%
Japan at $20B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $1 billion<br>
$34 billion leads to $1.7 billion for Japan and US at 5%<br>


Decriminalise Marijuana: Source: Column Five Media via the heralddaily Oct, 2009 (ALL USA STATS)
Source 2: <br>
1 person is arrested for marijuana every 38 seconds
Decriminalise Marijuana: Source: Column Five Media via the heralddaily Oct, 2009 (ALL USA STATS)<br>
49.8% of all drug related arrests are for marijuana
1 person is arrested for marijuana every 38 seconds<br>
In 2007-2008, over 1.7M arrests made for marijuana
49.8% of all drug related arrests are for marijuana<br>
Tax-payers dollars spend to prosecute marijuana offenders: $12 billion  
In 2007-2008, over 1.7M arrests made for marijuana<br>
$12 billion includes: The societal costs of propagandizing against marijuana and marijuana law reform, funding anti-marijuana research, interdicting marijuana, eradicating domestically grown marijuana and industrial hemp, law enforcement, prosecuting and incarcerating marijuana smokers
Tax-payers dollars spend to prosecute marijuana offenders: $12 billion <br>
-Cost to incarcerate for 1 year: $23,876 (2009 DOJ)
$12 billion includes: The societal costs of propagandizing against marijuana and marijuana law reform, funding anti-marijuana research, interdicting marijuana, eradicating domestically grown marijuana and industrial hemp, law enforcement, prosecuting and incarcerating marijuana smokers<br>
-Black market revenue of marijuana alone is estimated at $141.8 billion (approx 50% of all illegal drug revenue) (source: havocscope, a database of black-markets)...reference: cocaine is $70 billion  
-Cost to incarcerate for 1 year: $23,876 (2009 DOJ)<br>
-Legalising and adding tax is another option which can add approx. $2.2 and $6.4 billion per year (USA alone) (source: The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition )
-Black market revenue of marijuana alone is estimated at $141.8 billion (approx 50% of all illegal drug revenue) (source: havocscope, a database of black-markets)...reference: cocaine is $70 billion <br>
-Legalising and adding tax is another option which can add approx. $2.2 and $6.4 billion per year (USA alone) (source: The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition )<br>





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