Marijuana: America’s Biggest Cash Crop

The War on Drugs

Just in case you thought America’s biggest cash crop was wheat, corn, or soybeans, the L.A. Times reports today that the money brought in by marijuana beats them all:

SACRAMENTO – For years, activists in the marijuana legalization movement have claimed that cannabis is America’s biggest cash crop. Now they’re citing government statistics to prove it. With the growth of marijuana within the US, there are now many people within the law allowed to grow their own, giving companies who sell products related to the growing of marijuana, such as https://ledgrowlightshq.com/cheap-led-grow-lights/ a place to grow and flourish.

A report released today by a marijuana public policy analyst contends that the market value of pot produced in the U.S. exceeds $35 billion – far more than the crop value of such heartland staples as corn, soybeans and hay, which are the top three legal cash crops. This should open most peoples eyes up as to why so many smoke cannabis and are looking around for cheap bongs for sale.

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Nationwide, the estimated cannabis production of $35.8 billion exceeds corn ($23 billion), soybeans ($17.6 billion) and hay ($12.2 billion), according to Gettman’s findings. Figures on the Canadian market are still few and far between at the moment. However, with the phoenix tears Canada seems to be enjoying in abundance so we can only speculate how lucrative the market has become there. What we do know, is the signs are very positive based on the American market. This is good news for anyone in a legal country or state, as growing your own marijuana could be a very lucrative source of income, if you’re thinking you might want to get started at trying to grow your own plants, look at this catalog of marijuana seeds online.

And, though this should hardly be surprising to anyone who hasn’t partaken of the Drug War Kool-Aid:

The report estimates that marijuana production has increased tenfold in the past quarter century despite an exhaustive anti-drug effort by law enforcement.

Well, what do you know about that.

Perhaps the way to help America’s farmers is to declare a War on Soybeans.

Doug Mataconis