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ALL WATER FOUNTAINS HAVE BEEN
TRIPLE TESTED AT THIS POINT AND
THEY ARE GOOD TO USE.
NEW TONIGHT A BIG
SELLINGFIANT LEGALIZE
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS TAX
DOLLARS.
CRITICS SAY THE COSTS ARE TOO
HIGH.
HERE IS LAUREN LEAMANCZYK WITH
THE ECONOMICS AS VOTERS DECIDE
POT OR NOT.
Reporter: COLORADO,
POPULATION 5,000, MEDICAL
MARIJUANA DISPENSARY SIX.
WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF
REVENUE.
Reporter: MONEY FROM A TALES
TAX MAKES UP 20% OF THE TOWN'S
BUDGET.
WE REPAVED ALL THE STREETS
AND REPAIRED THE SIDEWALKS.
Reporter: HOME VALUES ARE
UP.
MARIJUANA HASN'T HURT.
I THINK IT ATTRACTS PEOPLE.
Reporter: WHILE MANY TOWNS
OCCUPANTED OUT OF LEGAL
RECREATIONAL POT -- OCCUPIED
OUT OF LEGALRECTIONAL POT.
SALES TAX REVENUE TOPPING 100
MILLION AND 20,000 JOBS HAVE
BEEN CREATED IN THE INDUSTRY.
WE HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE
GROWTH.
Reporter: ALL REASONS FOR
LEGALIZATIONS.
HE HAS 68 EMPLOYEES AT HIS TWO
COLORADO LOCATIONS AND IS A
STAKE HOLDERANE MEDICAL
MARIJUANA -- HOLDER IN A
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY.
WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE HERE IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
OUR MEDICAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY
IS GENERATING TAX REVENUE.
A STEADY STREAM OF PATIENTS
COME HERE DAILY TO BUY MEDICAL
MARIJUANA.
I WOULD SAY $300 A MONTH.
YET MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL
MARIJUANA PROGRAM ISN'T
COVERING THE COSTS OF
OPERATIONS.
INCLUDING ROUTINE INSPECTIONS.
SOMETHING LAWMAKERS WORRY WILL
HAPPEN IF RECREATIONAL POT IS
APPROVED.
HE ALSO CAUTIONS AGAINST SEEING
A POT OF GOLD HERE.
$100MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A LOT
OF MONEY BUT IT IS LESS THAN 1%
OF THE STATE'S BUDGET.
ISN'T GOING TO PAY YOUR
TEACHERS AND PAVE YOUR ROADS
AND PAY FOR HEALTHCARE.
Reporter: RIGHT NOW POT
WOULD BE TAXED AT 12%.