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States Have Made Over $15B From Cannabis Tax Revenue Despite Decline

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Since the state-legal, adult-use cannabis market began in 2014, a combined total of more than $15 billion has been generated in tax revenue. billion since the sale of adult-use cannabis started in 2014. This sale tops the chart compared with the money spent on topical pain relief, chocolate, craft beer, and chicken eggs.

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Washington DC…Gift To “lawyers” …To Access Cannabis

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At other similar DC businesses, which may number more than 100, the gift is a kid’s sticker normally costing pennies, a QR code giving ownership of amateurish art, a “counseling”’ session, a tiny tube of CBD topical muscle balm or other meaningless and inexpensive item.

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Tilray Announces Launch of New Medical Cannabis Brand, Symbios

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Contemporaneous with today’s announcement, Tilray also announced new high-potency, medical cannabis topicals under the Aphria brand designed to target inflammatory joint disease by regulating tissue inflammation when applied topically to the skin 1. About Aphria, Tilray’s Medical Cannabis Brand.

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Washington CBD Webinar June 19: Hemp-Derived CBD Locally and Nationwide

Canna Law Blog

We’ll cover a host of topics, but will start with the 2014 Farm Bill, which first allowed for the legal cultivation of industrial hemp for research purposes. Under the 2014 Farm Bill, state departments of agriculture and universities could undertake agricultural pilot programs to permit the cultivation of hemp.

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Study Finds No Correlation Between Cannabis Legalization and Increased Mental Illness

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The relationship between cannabis consumption, mental health, and suicide has been a hot topic for both those for and against cannabis legalization. While the research from 2014 that nullifies anti-legalization advocates’ claims is now supported by the study conducted by Singer et al., Building on Previous Findings.

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Cannabis Banking Today

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My law firm has done a series of these for credit unions (“CU”s) and other financial institutions (“FIs”) going back to 2014. MRB defined The term “MRB” is used pervasively in cannabis banking, yet this term is not defined in the moldering 2014 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network “FinCEN” Guidance.

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New Title: Regulating Cannabis: Towards a Unified Market Paperback – 19 July 2021

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In January 2014, Colorado implemented a commercial cannabis market for pleasure – the first jurisdiction globally to implement a regulated, adult-use cannabis supply chain from seed-to-sale. The book also features a number of papers published in academic journals based on the PhD research of the author.