Using a cost benefit analysis; analyze the recent decision for the Dutch government to ban the sale of Marijuana to
tourists, and control the sale to citizens through ‘ID’s
) Cost benefit analysis relies on the addition of positive factors (such as a reducing the crime rate associated
with drugs) and the subtraction of negative ones (expected loss in revenue and taxation for the government, illegal
market creation) to determine a net result, it is also known as running the numbers.
) The answer must include numerate examples of the projected loss and gain for the government. As the ban is set to
enforce on the 1st of January 2013, you are expected to provide hypothetical revenue loss and gain. However any
projection must be substantiated with concise references.