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

The Cannigma

The number of employees testing positive for cannabis has soared over the past decade, especially in states with legal recreational marijuana, a recent report found. The 2021 Drug Testing Index carried out by Quest Diagnostics found that in states with legalized recreational marijuana , positivity rates for marijuana testing rose 118.2%

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

Cannabis Law Report

With several states contemplating legalization of recreational marijuana, and federal lawmakers starting the process of federal descheduling , it is a good time to examine the tax implications of legalization. In total, states with licensed markets collected $1.7 State Marijuana Tax Collections Continue to Grow. Ad valorem.

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

SpeedWeed

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. They don’t make cannabis products like they used to, and there’s an increasing number of Colorado lawmakers who think that’s problematic.

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U.S. States with Legal Recreational Marijuana

The Herb Collective

And, other states allow people to use marijuana for recreational use. Here are those states: Alaska Marijuana has been legal for recreational use since February 2015 in Alaska. Colorado Possession, consumption and retail sale of marijuana was made legal in November 2012. Other states allow for the use of medical marijuana.

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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] Pure Hemp Collective, Inc., Pure Hemp Collective, Inc., Pure Hemp Collective, Inc., billion in 2019. [6].

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

Cannabis Law Report

After the Mexican Revolution in 1910, there was a fear that the influx of Mexican immigrants would increase recreational use (Green, 2005). Cotton plantation owners promoted cotton products, and society began to look at hemp clothing as inferior (Green, 2005). References. Baradaran, M. qualitative research procedure. United States: 2nd Stage.

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Montana Marijuana Legalization Initiative to Be on November Ballot

The Joint Blog

to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes! According to reports from the Montana Secretary of State’s Office, 35,458 signatures have been collected on a petition to put Initiative 190 on the ballot: The initiative is sponsored by New Approach Montana. In 2012, not one state had legal marijuana. Since the first U.S.