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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. local sales tax on adult-use cannabis and has collected $237.5 This document reviews each state’s adult-use cannabis tax structure, population, and revenue from legalization. million as of November 2021.

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Idaho Falls Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Trafficking LSD

Cannabis Law Report

According to court records, the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at McComas’ Idaho Falls residence in April 2019. This program was created in January 2016. McComas was indicted by a federal grand jury on January 28, 2020. Acting U.S. Of these defendants, 127 have been indicted on drug trafficking charges.

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

The Cannigma

The figures were based on 7 million urine tests collected between January and December 2000 by Quest Diagnostics, one of the largest diagnostic laboratories in the United States. . increase over 2019 for that sector, which has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. increase over 2019. positivity rate in 2020.

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Study finds cannabis use reaches ‘historic highs’ among college students

The Cannigma

Among their peers who aren’t in college, use in 2020 stayed at 43%, the same result the study found in 2018 and 2019. In addition, the 2020 survey found that while the percentage of college-aged adults who reported vaping marijuana in the past 30 days had increased from 5% to 14% between 2017 and 2019, this increase levelled off in 2020.

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One Marijuana Arrest Occurs Every 58 Seconds

CannaMD

Between 2016-2018, despite rapidly expanding state legalization, there was a slight increase in marijuana-related arrests year over year. In 2019, that trend finally appeared to shift as the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report tallied 545,601 marijuana arrests compared to 663,367 in 2018 and 659,700 in 2017. Sentencing Commission.

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Portland Funded its Police Department With Cannabis Tax Revenue

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According to the Oregon Cannabis Association (OCA) , police budgets received more than $2 million directly from cannabis tax proceeds last year – despite the city passing a measure in 2016 stipulating that those funds should be designated for substance misuse treatment, public safety, and small business development.

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Pennsylvanians Spent $132M On Medical Marijuana In Successful First Year

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Wolf signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana into law on April 17, 2016, and now the first full year has been proclaimed a great success with more than 116,000 patients being registered. — Senator Jay Costa (@Senatorcosta) February 15, 2019. Pennsylvania state lawmakers like Sen.

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