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ABC News (USA): Cannabis bust on Indigenous land highlights legal divide

Cannabis Law Report

New Mexico first approved the drug’s medical use in 2007, while Picuris Pueblo decriminalized medical pot for members in 2015. A new state law in June broadly legalized marijuana for adults and authorized up to a dozen home-grown plants per household for personal use — with no weight limit.

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Pot in the can: Why can’t inmates get medical marijuana?

The Cannigma

At the state level the problems are more generally bureaucratic inertia,” Eric E. Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation told The Cannigma during a Zoom call this week. “A Sterling, of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, said. (Rebekah Zemansky/Shutterstock). “At Sterling, J.D.,

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Article: Why the Harborside Tax Ruling is a Big Win for the U.S. Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Law Report

The article goes onto say that the IRS is still forming the policy on how to audit cannabis companies saying, “the IRS now considers unlicensed companies that work with plant-touching businesses as subject to 280E if they profited from marijuana sales – including the likes of management companies, landlords, leasing firms, etc.,

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Tax Court’s decision in Harborside A Big Challenge For CA Cannabis Dispensaries

Cannabis Law Report

million for the fiscal years 2007 through 2012. The reduction includes $6 million in penalties that the court previously ruled we did not need to pay because of the unclear state of the law, and because Harborside acted in good faith,” said Harborside CEO Andrew Berman.

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Section 280E and The Taxation of Cannabis Businesses

Cannabis Law Report

Section 280E denies deductions and credits for amounts paid or incurred in carrying on the trade or business of trafficking controlled substances (within the meaning of Schedules I and II of the CSA), in violation of federal or state law. [13] 2007) (“CHAMP”). 173, 182 (2007). [16] United States , 366 U.S.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. One of the most successful alcohol control policies in the United States was the establishment of the minimum legal drinking age of 21 (MLDA-21). 2007, Shults et al., 1988, Jones et al.,

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International and Cross-Border Tax Issues in the Cannabis Industry

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

The courts have consistently held that marijuana dispensaries operating in compliance with state law are trafficking in controlled substances and are subject to Section 280E.[11] 173,178 (2007) (government concession that section 280Edoes not prohibit a taxpayer from claiming COGS). [8] 173, 182 (2007). [11] 97-494 (Vol.