The business of greenIn this case, green = marijuana.Bliss·FollowPublished inBliss·1 min read·Dec 23, 2016--ListenShare“It is predicted that by 2020 the industry will grow to be over $40 billion dollars.”“The majority of people who use marijuana do not go on to use other, ‘harder’ substances.”In states such as Colorado and Washington, the government had collected around $70 million in tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales in 2014, according to Time Magazine and CNN. This is almost twice as much revenues generated from alcohol taxes in such areas, according to ArcView Group.