They are already taxing alcohol and are thinking of taxing sodas because they think sodas cause obesity. They probably have not checked the sugar content of fruit juices and carbohydrates.
If they were really doing this for health reasons fruit juices, cereals, white bread, pizza etc all would be banned.
Marijuana tax revenue.
It’s sold for a 505% profit on the streets in comparison to the price of production; if an equal profit were collected in tax revenue, that’s $7 billion straight up