tizmeinnit

Yes really

Government sets up farms so its state run. Employs gardeners to tend the plants. Creates a whole distribution network and in doing so creates even more jobs. Also manages the strains breeds in more sativa instead of indica so there is less chance of psychotic episodes than there is with the strains available now.

Street prices are at a all time high. End users pay upto and beyond £280 per ounce and there are millions of users that spend at least £10 per week ( a hell of a lot use more )

So for point of argument you have 1 million users spending £10 per week ( sell them 2 grams for that so its a better deal) potential revenue 10 million per week after costs it is all profit so forget your tax question.Of course you do get some of the costs back in tax.

So this alone equates to 500 million gross per year. Now there are more than a million users in the uk I believe 10 times more at the very least so this equates to a possible 5 000 000 000 in gross income easy of which 2.5 billion of that will be profit

As it stand at this point all these users are doing it anyway so there will be little or no increase in costs to the NHS you mention and as I said if you manage the strain correctly you are less likely to have the mental illness issues anyway. And bare in mind research has shown only susceptible smokers will ever have one anyway

Then of course there is the other bonus and that is all these millions are no longer going into the hands of criminals

As Old bill Derek I am sure you are aware that the figures are conservative and I believe the revenue will be far greater billions every year easy all for doing something that is going on anyway

And on top of that reduced cost of Policing cannabis

I do not know of many industries that could earn el gov so much so easily