According to surveys, cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in Slovenia, with consumption of around 35 tonnes per year. In figures, at an average price of €10/g, this translates into €350 million per year.
Taking into account value added tax (22%) and excise duty (25%), the State would receive a total of €165 million from legal sales. If the State were to introduce a special tax on cannabis (10%), the final total would be €200 million.
Decriminalising the sale and cultivation of cannabis with a view to taxing it for pension, health and municipal funding purposes has the potential to contribute in the long term to higher pensions, better quality health care and municipal development.
The proposal is to decriminalise and tax the sale of cannabis and to have the taxes contribute directly to pension, health and local government coffers:
In addition to the above, decriminalisation would have a positive impact on other important areas such as:
"In democracies, more freedom is always better than less freedom", and if there is also a financial benefit for all, so much the better.