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A Founder Looks at 50: Attorney Gerry Goldstein and the Early Years of NORML

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When Goldstein contacted Beto to indicate we had a couple of national journalists willing to come interview marijuana prisoners, the warden agreed to assemble a collection of a dozen or so non-violent marijuana offenders and to provide us the space to interview them within the prison.

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Press Release: “StateHouse Holdings Inc., Formerly Harborside Inc., Announces Agreement with IRS to Resolve and Reduce Legacy 280E Federal Tax Obligations Related to Harborside

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We believe the case for this reform is very strong, as it would create tax fairness for legal cannabis businesses and significantly weaken the illicit market, which would result in stronger tax collections for the federal government over the long term.” million –. At issue were federal taxes owed of approximately $22.1

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New Mexico State Supreme Court Rules….”medical cannabis purchases in the state are not subject to the state’s gross receipts tax”

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Others in the industry estimate that the state has collected between $25 million and $30 million in gross recipes from medical cannabis producers. New Mexico launched its medical cannabis program in 2007 and, as of January, the program had more than 130,340 enrolled patients, according to state Department of Health data.

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Bloomberg Tax: Cannabis Company Keeps Fighting IRS View of Drug-War Era Law (1)

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Tax Court’s 2018 ruling in Patients Mutual Assistance Collective Corp. 11 ordered Harborside to pay about $11 million in deficiencies for fiscal years 2007 through 2012, according to court documents. The case is Patients Mutual Assistance Collective Corp. Harborside Inc., which is based in Oakland, Calif., Commissioner.

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NORML: New Mexico: Supreme Court Rules Against Imposition of Certain Excise Taxes on Medical Cannabis Products

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Some in the industry have estimated that the state has collected between $25 million and $30 million in gross receipts taxes from medical marijuana producers. New Mexico established its medical marijuana program in 2007 and growth in recent years has been significant, with more than 130,340 patients enrolled as of January.

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Kansas: Grand jury subpoena sought records of four Missouri medical marijuana applicants

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A collection of businesses led by Titan Fish Partners LLC has a proposal with a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars to convert the Blue Valley Municipal Power Generating Plant in northeast Independence into a biofuels production facility “to provide alternative fuels for the future.”. He became the Majority leader in January 2007.

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Christina Lake Cannabis Conducts Management Changes

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In 2007, Mr. Playford spearheaded the sale of LionOre Mining to Norislk Nickel for C$6.8 During his tenure at South Rock, Merv co-founded RecycleWest, a waste oil collection and supply company, which was later sold to Newalta in 1995. billion in cash. Mr. Playford started his professional career with Union Carbide Corp.