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These 4 States Stand a Good Chance at Legalizing Recreational Cannabis in 2023

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states — Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania — stand a good chance at legalizing recreational cannabis this year. As of February 2023, 41 U.S. Ohio The Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2023) was submitted by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol via an initiated statute. Additionally, 23 U.S.

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Washington State Eliminates Medical Cannabis Taxation

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In November 2012, Washington voters approved the production, processing, and retail sales of recreational cannabis within Washington state under what is known as Initiative 502 (“I-502”). Taxing medical cannabis patients the same as recreational consumers is a form of discrimination that harms their health and well-being.

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Minnesota’s New Recreational Cannabis Law Results in First-Of-Its-Kind Drug Testing Scheme

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Starting August 1, 2023, Minnesota will provide protections to individuals who use cannabis for recreational purposes, after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a state law allowing adults 21 and older to use recreational cannabis. Does the law require employers to have a drug or cannabis testing policy?

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Europe’s Cannabis-Friendly Hotspots Could Trigger an Economic Shift 

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These countries have the collective potential to spark economic transformation across the EU, which has been bludgeoned by financial downfalls since the COVID pandemic; GDP sunk 6.3% In Germany, legal recreational cannabis sales are slated to launch by the end of 2024. at the end of 2020. billion) by 2027. million patients by 2027.

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California Governor Proposes a Cannabis Tax Reduction in an Effort to Shore Up the Legal Market

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Gavin Newsom introduced proposed revisions to his 2022-2023 budget proposal, which would eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax rate beginning July 1, 2022. The 15% excise tax on cannabis sales would remain, and the collection and remittance of that tax would be limited to retail sales beginning January 1, 2023.

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U.S. Long Jumper Gets Stripped of Title After Testing Positive for THC

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The sample was collected on Feb. 17 at the 2023 USA Track and Field (USATF) indoor championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after she had won the long jump title with a record of 6.99 Tara Davis-Woodhall, a 23-year-old U.S. long jumper, was stripped of the national indoor title she obtained in February after testing positive for THC.

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The Deduction of Cannabis Business Expenses Following New York’s 2023 Budget

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The 2023 Budget. Last week, the New York Legislature passed the State’s 2022-2023 Budget. Its recreational use was legalized only recently, in March of 2021. In furtherance of this policy of conformity, as the Code is amended by Congress, New York “automatically” adopts the Federal changes. New York on Cannabis.