If we add in the savings to government expenses, as well as Cannabis income, the plus value for States which legalize, carries much more weight.
Consider this:
Less police wasted time in arrests and incarceration of taxpayers who use Cannabis.
Tremendous savings to the Judicial Branch. Courts are relieved of the burden of petty weed trials in both time and expense. This frees Courts dockets and allows more important trials to be speedy.
Less lost time from User's employment.
Less family trauma and disruption.
Less crime.
Less Law Enforcement opportunity for criminal corruption.
Profits at the dispensary checkout counter are not the only financial measures which benefit States that legalize the devil weed.
The why not expand it to all recreational intoxicants?
His whole platform is to remove age of consent laws (or maybe just the whole concept of consent).