Cannabis users are a prime target to levy a new tax upon, similar to how tobacco and alcohol taxes currently pay for many social services.

With the Canadian deficit growing to over $50 billion dollars, the government has the option of either raising the amount all tax payers pay, or levying new fees on substances like cannabis to tackle the deficit.

Many of the estimates predict that a tax on personal cannabis usage would create anywhere from $1-2 billion dollars a year in tax revenue, plus additional taxes on income that will now be declared as new jobs are created.

Canada is not alone in considering this. A bill in California is also proposing a cannabis tax to help make up for needed revenue. Some of this money should be ear marked for education, and after school programs to keep children away from crime.

It is time that society shifts the cost of drug and law enforcement off of ordinary taxpayers and onto those who wish, for recreational reasons, to engage in natural substances like cannabis.