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

Cannabis Law Report

Since 2014 when sales began in Colorado and Washington, legalization policies have provided states a new revenue stream to bolster budgets and fund important services and programs. Eight of the laws were approved in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, sales and tax collections have not yet begun. Also, until July 2017, a 2.9%

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San Diego: Supervisors OK Cannabis Review Policy, Changes For Existing Facilities

Cannabis Law Report

” As the county moves closer to voting on a revamped marijuana policy, Board Chairman Nathan Fletcher described Wednesday’s action as a challenge. ” He said it was also important to step up enforcement on unlicensed dispensaries. .” both in San Diego.

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Dispensaries Plan To Open Soon Despite Medical Marijuana Mess In Missouri

MedicalJane

Although medical cannabis has technically been legal in Missouri for over a year and cards have been issued, patients are still waiting desperately for dispensaries to open across the state. A 2017 report by the Colorado Department of Revenue says that the average time from seed to harvest is 132 days. million votes.

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MG Magazine Reports On Luke Scarmazzo: California’s Last Federal Medical Marijuana Prisoner

Cannabis Law Report

A victim of flawed federal law enforcement policy, he remains behind bars in the federal prison at Yazoo City, Mississippi. In 2006, the Drug Enforcement Administration raided Scarmazzo’s Modesto, California, medical marijuana dispensary, California Healthcare Collective, and arrested him and his business partner, Ricardo Montes.

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New Study Says. Not One California Dispensary Caught Selling to Minors

Cannabis Law Report

The perpetual myth that dispensaries are selling weed to minors refuses to die, but evidence shows this isn’t the case in California. Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. MRR writes. Introduction. 1988, Jones et al., 2001, Toomey et al.,

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Florida: Trulieve unlawful background checks $60,500 class action lawsuit settlement

Cannabis Law Report

17, 2017, who were not provided notice, a summary or a copy of the report. Trulieve is a Florida-based cannabis dispensary that sells marijuana products from its own brands. According to a class action lawsuit against the cannabis company, Trulieve violates federal law with its background check policies. Who’s Eligible.

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Why Legal Marijuana Does Not End The Illegal Market

MJ Business Attorneys

The surge in cannabis policy reform across the country and world may have caused many to anticipate a heavy blow to illegal operators, and black-market activity did experience an initial decline. While places like Colorado, unlike Ontario, have an abundance of legal dispensaries, illegal grow operations continue to exist.