On April 6, the Marijuana Policy Project – the largest organization in the U.S.
In 2021 alone, legalization states generated more than $3.7 billion in cannabis tax revenue from adult-use sales, which is a 34 percent increase in revenue compared to 2020.
“Our report is further evidence that ending cannabis prohibition offers tremendous financial benefits for state governments.
Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in six of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun.
Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy.