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What Is the MORE Act, and How Could It Change Marijuana Policy Forever?

NORML

Currently, public support for legalizing weed nationwide is at an all-time high: 62 percent of Americans favor legalizing the adult use of marijuana, while over 90 percent want access to medical cannabis. If the bill removes cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, why do new immigration policies need to be clarified by law?

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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. Here’s what they say.

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Official: Report of the Inquiry into the use of cannabis in Victoria

Cannabis Law Report

This inquiry was an examination into how Victorian cannabis policy can be improved. In addition, group cultivation would allow small groups of adults to grow cannabis collectively. In addition, group cultivation would allow small groups of adults to grow cannabis collectively. Access Rights Type : open.

Policy 105
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The Untold Story of Black Hemp Farmers in America

PrestoDoctor

These pioneers played a pivotal role in the cultivation and success of the hemp industry. For centuries, Black farmers across America have toiled the land, harnessing their expertise and knowledge to cultivate hemp crops. Enslaved Africans and later free Black farmers were responsible for cultivating vast hemp plantations.

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How Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation Weathered the State’s Winter Storm

SpeedWeed

And now that he’s spent years here, navigating the cultivation side of the industry and monitoring broader trends in the U.S., In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company.

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Alert: Governor Gavin Newsom signs legislation implementing the 2022-23 state budget, including trailer bill focusing on measures to bring tax relief to the cannabis industry

Cannabis Law Report

The cannabis tax reform trailer bill will: Indefinitely suspend the cannabis cultivation tax effective July 1, 2022. Move cannabis excise-tax collection and remittance to retail in 2023, establishing one point of collection and remittance and greatly simplifying tax requirements for the entire cannabis supply chain.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Theme 3 involved access to capital.

Policy 105