[ameribbean expat]

Florida’s done. Tourism is already hitting up the pols for outright legalization. I’ve seen lobbying material from the Florida tourism industry projecting $400m in increased tax revenue if Florida went Colorado. Then they thrown in the savings from current enforcement efforts, and net out over a half billion dollars annually in their projections.

The only thing fascinating about the whole episode is Sheldon Adelson’s massive donation to stop legalization. Unexpected.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/11/us-usa-florida-marijuana-politics-idUSKBN0EM2N720140611

[Rockingham]

There is an accumulation of medical evidence as to the harms of marijuana. As a major employer in Nevada, Adelson no doubt must often confront the effects of marijuana on his workforce.