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United Cannabis Corporation v. Pure Hemp Collective, Inc., Case No. 1:18-cv-01922 (D. Colo.)

Cannabis Law Report

In 2018 United Cannabis Corporation (“UCANN”) filed the first cannabis patent infringement lawsuit against Pure Hemp Collective, Incorporated (“Pure Hemp”) in the United States District Court of Colorado. [1] billion in 2019. [6]. Pure Hemp Collective, Inc., Pure Hemp Collective, Inc., Pure Hemp Collective, Inc.,

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

Cannabis Law Report

Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun. Colorado voters approved an initiative to regulate cannabis for adults in November 2012, and on January 1, 2014, the state became the first with legal adult-use sales. Colorado (pop. 46,104,922. 104,759,961.

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In legal weed states, employees are failing drug tests at record pace

The Cannigma

from 2012 to 2020 (from 2.2% “Our data suggest that marijuana positivity has increased sharply nationwide since states began to legalize marijuana in 2012. increase over 2019 for that sector, which has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. increase over 2019. Food service workers test positive the most.

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The Tax Foundation: States Projected to Post Higher Marijuana Revenues in 2021

Cannabis Law Report

While it is still a relatively new market (Colorado was the first state to legalize cannabis in 2012), excise tax revenue figures to date can help lawmakers get a sense of the revenue potential at different rates and contribute to the development of sound marijuana tax policy. In total, states with licensed markets collected $1.7

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

Cannabis Law Report

From the systemic history of racism in the United States, African Americans exclusion from economic opportunities leads to maximizing profits for the White elite (Hirschman, 2019). Before the civil war, there were more cannabis farms than cotton farms (Green, 2005). American slaves and sharecroppers cultivated and tended to cannabis farms.

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Colorado may see its biggest overhaul of marijuana laws since recreational legalization – Cannabis Business Executive

SpeedWeed

By 2019, concentrates took up a third of the market and flower was below 50%. As recently as 2014, the vast majority of medical and recreational cannabis sold in Colorado was flower and only 11% was the high-potency concentrates consumed through dab rigs or vape pens. Read more at The Denver Post ].

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New State Cannabis Office Debuts in Colorado

SpeedWeed

In total cannabis sales since recreational cannabis launched in 2014, the state has collected $10,940,865,212. A recent July report by the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice also found that cannabis-related arrests have decreased significantly, by 68 percent, between 2012 and 2019 (or from 13,225 to only 4,290).

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