Hopefully they funnel most of it into social services!
Oregon's first week of recreational pot sales has far exceeded expectations. Colorado's successful $5 million first week in sales in just about obliterated in the state with the motto
Alis Volat Propriis ("She Flies With Her Own Wings"). Oregon's
KGW:
After just one week of recreational marijuana sales, Oregon dispensaries have raked in an estimated $11 million.
That figure could mean the state's estimate is shockingly low for how much money it'll make when pot taxes kick in this January.
How low were their expectations?
When Oregon voters approved recreational marijuana, the state set an estimate of $9 million in net tax revenue for the first full year of 2017. But the Oregon Retail Cannabis Association believes it'll bring in three to four times that much.
Oregon legalized the drug back in
July. So far no apocalypse has been reported.