LCBO makes $2 billion a year in profit, costs 5 billion

TIL the LCBO makes $2 billion a year in profit, but cost of alcohol related health and social cost is $5.3 billion a year.

http://www.lcbo.com/content/dam/lcbo/corporate-pages/about/pdf/LCBO_AR15-16-english.pdf

The LCBO is Ontario government owned and only legal retailer of alcohol in the province (they also sell to resellers including bars, beer stores and convenience stores). They report a net-income of $1.9 billion from 2015-2016 for the provincial government.

http://www.ccsa.ca/Resource%20Library/ccsa-011332-2006.pdf

Table 3 in the above report shows that the healthcare and social costs of alcohol in Ontario is 5.3 billion.

GG LCBO and OHIP. Bring back prohibition. /s

how much is the cost of MMJ? if you stop the charges?

Straight society isn't going to admit they have a problem with booze. Don't you know it's all the cannabis stoners that are the real threat to safely, liberty and the Canadian way.....uh huh.
They must be forced to buy the safe weed the government hopes to make millions from. And keep it out of the hands of the criminals....into the hands of worse criminals. Like maggot boy trudy......fuckin ass sniffer.