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

Cannabis Law Report

Eighteen states have laws that legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis for adults 21 and older (the 2020 voter-approved adult-use legalization law in South Dakota was overturned by the state’s Supreme Court in November 2021). local sales tax on adult-use cannabis and has collected $237.5 million as of November 2021. 46,104,922.

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Illinois 2023 medical sales lowest start in two years

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In January 2023, Illinois collected $27,621,022.42 and in February 2023 Illinois collected $26,652,042.97. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries is $1,693,048,677.29. Total wholesale sales since November 2015 by cultivation centers finished at 2,698,654,423.87.

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Minnesota’s New Recreational Cannabis Law Results in First-Of-Its-Kind Drug Testing Scheme

The Blunt Truth

Starting August 1, 2023, Minnesota will provide protections to individuals who use cannabis for recreational purposes, after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a state law allowing adults 21 and older to use recreational cannabis. The new law amends the state’s Consumable Products Act to protect off-duty cannabis use.

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Study Finds No Evidence Legal Medical Cannabis Increases Youth Marijuana Use • High Times

SpeedWeed

The study, “Medical marijuana laws (MMLs) and dispensary provisions not associated with higher odds of adolescent or heavy marijuana use: A 46 state analysis, 1991-2015,” was published online this week by the journal Substance Abuse. Lower Cannabis Use Among 9th Graders. Activists React To New Study.

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Smartphone Sensor Data Could Detect Cannabis Intoxication With 90% Precision

Veriheal

A brand new study featured in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence delivered exciting news to psychiatrists, health professionals, and law enforcement officials across the United States and beyond. states have enacted medical cannabis laws, while 19 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have enacted adult-use cannabis laws.

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The Week in Weed: May 7, 2021

The Blunt Truth

Attorney General Garland reiterates his disinterest in prosecuting marijuana users abiding by state law. Also this week, another bipartisan, bicameral group introduced the Marijuana Data Collection Act. The case began in 2015 in the U.S. Two bipartisan cannabis research bills start their legislative journey. supreme court.

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Article: India’s cannabis law is nonsensical, it’s time for ‘Big Bhang’ reform

Cannabis Law Report

This was possibly prompted by a 2015 study by Lachenmeier and Rehm, which found that alcohol and nicotine were far riskier than cannabis on a ‘margin of exposure basis.’. The Indian exchequer collects more than Rs 53,000 crore each year from tobacco products. Also read : NCB is high on NDPS — the law with loopholes.

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