Gus may be on to something, but I doubt if it what he intended.
States where medical marijuana is legal. 1. Alaska 2. Arizona 3. California 4. Colorado 5. DC 6. Hawaii 7. Maine 8. Michigan 9. Montana 10. Nevada 11. New Jersey 12. New Mexico 13. Oregon 14. Rhode Island 15. Vermont 16. Washington
States with highest average income.
1 Maryland 2 New Jersey 3 Connecticut 4 Alaska 5 Hawaii 6 Massachusetts 7 New Hampshire 8 Virginia District of Columbia 9 California 10 Delaware 11 Washington 12 Minnesota 13 Colorado 14 Utah 15 New York 16 Rhode Island 17 Illinois 18 Nevada 19 Wyoming 20 Vermont 21 Wisconsin 22 Pennsylvania 23 Arizona 24 Oregon 25 Texas 26 Iowa 27 North Dakota 28 Kansas 29 Georgia 30 Nebraska 31 Maine 32 Indiana 33 Ohio 34 Michigan 35 Missouri 36 South Dakota 37 Idaho 38 Florida 39 North Carolina 40 New Mexico 41 Louisiana 42 South Carolina 43 Montana 44 Tennessee 45 Oklahoma 46 Alabama 47 Kentucky 48 Arkansas 49 West Virginia 50 Mississippi
i'll have to leave it to the statisticians and other analysts to state what all of this stuff means.
but, it looks like, at a quick glance that the most "affluent" states are most engaged in allowing pot for medicine. ??? i don't really know, for sure.
my thoughts were that local small farmers, engaging in both organic and chemical production of saleable marijuana would help local economies. meanwhile, less expensive LE would be needed, since it was no longer a war going on, but a process to enable local, legal, pot production.
in context, if the Federal budgets must be reduced, then this changeover offers a conversion from cost to positive revenue for local communities who are struggling through these hard economic times.
there's likely plenty of crime for LE to be involved with beyond the drug issues. noone should ever feel threatened by a potential lack of work scenario. LE will be needed until the end of times, no doubt.
