Solve KY's Budget and Pension Problems the Easy Way: Legalize Pot

The only real obstacle remaining is that Kentucky legislators can't admit that the hippies are right. Again.

Think Progress:

Yet the numbers don’t lie. Legal, recreational, adult-use cannabis is already a multi-billion-dollar industry even with less than 10 percent of the U.S. population currently living in states with an operational marketplace. Legalization states have seen huge tax revenues and significant job growth from pot, begun cashing in large savings from reduced criminal justice system spending, and watched the black markets in their states shrink precipitously.

The early returns from legalization have already caught the attention of other states. By the end of 2018, the share of the American populace living in states where buying and selling pot is legal and closely regulated will have more than doubled.

The pot jackpot train is leaving the station.  Jump on it, Kentucky, before we're left behind. Again.