what has marijuana funded in colorado
How Legal Marijuana Funds Education: Colorado Taxes Go To Prevent Bullying. Students in Colorado may soon have new alternatives to prevent bullying thanks to all the money the state is planning to dish out to schools from the surplus marijuana tax revenue. Coloradoâs Department of Revenue reported marijuana sales peaked at nearly $98.6 million by May and reached up to $117.4 million in June.
By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press. A Colorado county that boasts the worldâs largest outdoor marijuana farm and has been actively courting the new pot industry has approved the worldâs first marijuana-funded college scholarship. Pueblo County voters approved the pot tax by a 20-point margin Tuesday.