Benefits and Risk of Cannabis

Benefits

• Adolescent cannabis use is decreasing through legalizing recreational sales
• Regulated retail will discourage the black market
• Regulated cannabis will be tested and labeled for potency
• Regulated cannabis has no pesticides or residual fertilizers
• Tax revenue from Cannabis Sales
• Local retail will provide more convenient access for people who use cannabis medically
• Enhanced tourism will produce additional visitors and thereby benefit other shops, restaurants and hotels.
• Retail will increase jobs with livable wages and cannabis education

Risk

• Unregulated cannabis is not tested, may contain pesticides, and is not labeled
• Towns that have opted-in will benefit from tax revenues and an increase in tourism