Detrás de la narco-violencia en México y Colombia, está el plan de legalización de la marihuana impulsado por el multimillonario George Seros, quien es poseedor ya de varias marcas registradas de cigarrillos a base de este producto. En el extracto que reproducimos puede observarse la importancia de este cultivo en la economía estadounidense.
Marijuana Production in the United States (2006)
By Jon Gettman, Ph.D.
Published in The Bulletin of Cannabis Reform, December 2006
http://www.drugscience.org/bcr/index.html
© 2006 by Jon Gettman
At an estimated $35.8 billion marijuana is by far the largest cash crop in the United States when compared to the average production values of other crops from 2003 to 2005.
Top Cash Crops in the United States (Average Value 2003 – 2005)
Rank Crop Average Production Value ($)
1 Marijuana $35,803,591,000
2 Corn $23,299,601,000
3 Soybeans $17,612,200,000
4 Hay $12,236,638,000
5 Vegetables $11,080,733,000
6 Wheat $7,450,907,000
7 Cotton-All $5,314,870,000
8 Grapes $2,876,547,000
9 Apples $1,787,532,000
10 Rice $1,706,665,000
11 Oranges $1,583,009,000
12 Tobacco $1,466,633,000
13 Sugarbeets $1,158,078,000
14 Sugarcane $942,176,000
15 Sorghum $840,923,000
16 Cottonseed $821,655,000
17 Peanuts $819,617,000
18 Barley $653,095,000
19 Peaches $474,745,000
20 Beans $467,236,000
Based on a comparison with average production values of other crops from 2003 to 2005 marijuana is the top cash crop in 12 states, one of the top 3 cash crops in 30 states, and one of the
top 5 cash crops in 39 states. Marijuana is the largest cash crop in Alaska, Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
