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UN Report: Drug Policies Should Protect Human Rights, Reduce Harm

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This revision emphasizes safeguarding the basic human rights of individuals to ensure their safety and well-being, even if they are involved in drug-related issues. Moving Forward The United Nations will revisit the 2019 Ministerial Declaration in 2024. European states appear to be changing their collective minds about cannabis.

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

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Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun. local sales tax on adult-use cannabis and has collected $237.5 From February 2017 through August 2021, the local taxes collected totaled $86.1 The city of Denver, for example, applies an additional 5.5%

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

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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. Gavin Newsom introduced proposed revisions to his 2022-2023 budget proposal, which would eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax rate beginning July 1, 2022. per ounce of flower, $3.00

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Virginia: Northam announces appointments to 3 boards that oversee cannabis legalization in Virginia

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Virginia is committed to legalizing cannabis the right way—by learning from other states, by listening to public health and safety experts, and by centering social equity,” said Governor Northam. Creighton of Richmond, Co-Founder, The Jackson Ward Collective. million in 2024 and $38.4 Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board.

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Amazon sued for employment discrimination over Psychedelic Mushrooms

Cannabis Law Report

Plaintiff alleged he believed the use of the mushrooms was a felony and a workplace hazard to public health and safety. But with only 180 days to gather enough signatures to put it on the 2022 ballot, the group spearheading the Initiative announced they would instead seek to put the Initiative on the 2024 ballot. See, e.g., David E.

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RYAH Medtech Inc. Completes Initial Shipment for Major UK-based Clinical Trial

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The initial shipment is designated to be used by the Clinic in a pilot run in preparation for the previously announced study , based out of the United Kingdom, on the safety and efficacy of cannabis and hemp for the treatment of patients suffering from chronic pain. billion, servicing nearly 340,000 active patients.

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California Cannabis Industry Has Provided $2.8 Billion in Tax Revenue Since 2018

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They could also drastically simplify the tax collection process and make it harder to cheat, which will raise tax revenue, by moving the tax collection all to the point of sale. million during the second quarter of 2021, California’s cultivation tax represented roughly 12% of the state’s total cannabis tax collected from that period.