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City of Cambridge Eliminates Local Tax on Recreational Cannabis

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The Cambridge City Council unanimously passed a policy order repealing a three percent “Community Impact Fee” tax on recreational marijuana in a meeting Monday evening. The city’s first recreational dispensary, Yamba Market, will open to the public next week. The policy order, however, argues that evidence from Northampton, Mass.

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A New Year in Illinois – First Day of Recreational Marijuana Sales

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Illinois started off the decade by opening its doors to the world of adult-use recreational marijuana. On January 1, 2020, the state of Illinois had its first day of legal marijuana sales. The post A New Year in Illinois – First Day of Recreational Marijuana Sales appeared first on Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law.

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The Week in Weed: April 5, 2019

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The law will allow grow houses and production facilities in the state, which will be heavily regulated. Moving up the East Coast, you will doubtless recall that last week, New Jersey did not legalize recreational cannabis. the state House was scheduled to vote on recreational cannabis. You win some; you lose some.

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Illinois Amends Recreational Cannabis Law To Protect Drug Testing By Employers

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Earlier this month, Governor Pritzker signed into law SB 1557 , revising the Recreational Cannabis Law to expand permissible marijuana testing and related adverse action. The Original Legalization Bill As Enacted. Return-to-duty drug testing raised similar issues, typically detecting off duty drug use during a leave.

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The Week in Weed: February 15, 2019

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The committee memorandum has a great graphic of state marijuana laws – only three states allow no marijuana consumption in any form. And speaking of state laws, several jurisdictions are moving forward with some form of legalization. Cuomo’s bill introduced last month.

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Greenlight Law Group Provide Commentary On Current Cannabis Bills In Front Of Oregon Legislature – February 2019

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For those engaged in the legal cannabis industry in Oregon, the 2019 Oregon Legislative Session is of the utmost importance and relevance. . Similarly, this proposed bill provides for the operation of cannabis lounges, which consumers and retailers have been yearning for since recreational cannabis became legal in Oregon. They write.

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Wake Up California Cannabis Growers It’s 2019

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CPA’s “ PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. Wake Up California Cannabis Growers Its 2019 and the world you may have grown up and worked in since the late 1990’s was changed forever on January 1, 2018 due to the passage of SB 94 [Proposition 64]. If you wish to re-publish this story please do so with following accreditation.