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Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) Reports Says States Have Collected $US10 Billion In Cannabis Taxes So Far

Cannabis Law Report

Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun. of the population enrolled.

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Study Finds No Evidence Legal Medical Cannabis Increases Youth Marijuana Use • High Times

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The study, “Medical marijuana laws (MMLs) and dispensary provisions not associated with higher odds of adolescent or heavy marijuana use: A 46 state analysis, 1991-2015,” was published online this week by the journal Substance Abuse. Lower Cannabis Use Among 9th Graders.

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The Status of Cannabis Legalization in the South

Cannabis Law Report

Alabama legalized medical a medical cannabis program on May 17, 2021 when Governor Ivey signed SB 46 into law. Although medical cannabis program was signed into law last year, it has yet to be fully implemented. Since then, the legislature has passed a number of laws that have expanded the state’s medical cannabis program.

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The Week in Weed: May 7, 2021

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Also this week, another bipartisan, bicameral group introduced the Marijuana Data Collection Act. The case began in 2015 in the U.S. The second would expand the state’s medical marijuana program, and the third would reduce penalties for possession of some concentrates. supreme court. supreme court. and finally.

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An Illinois Bill Aims to Stop Car Searches Based on Smell

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billion worth of adult-use cannabis and collected $445.3 These tax dollars went to programs like awarding $45 million worth of grants to communities affected the worst by the failed war on drugs and $3.5 million for reducing violence via street intervention programs. In 2022 Illinois sold over $1.5

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CULTA Launches Maryland’s First Cannabis Tissue Culture Program

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On Raw Garden’s website, as of May 2021, the Santa Barbara-based cannabis cultivation business lists “839 strains and counting,” each one an example of the breeding program at the heart of the garden. We do look for tighter structure and better calyx separation for different kinds of buds for plant health, especially in the breeding program.

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Study finds cannabis use reaches ‘historic highs’ among college students

The Cannigma

The 2020 Monitoring the Future (MTF) Panel Study found that 44% of college students reported using cannabis in 2020, compared to 38% in 2015. In addition, the study found that 8% of college students reported using cannabis on a daily or near daily basis in 2020, as opposed to only 5% in 2015.