Marijuana Named America's Biggest Cash Crop...

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First Posted: 12-18-06 08:18 AM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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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.

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.

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Filed by Katharine Zaleski
 



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