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Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce bill to legalize recreational cannabis use

Cannabis Law Report

HB 2050 would create a permitting process for growers, processors and dispensaries in addition to a 10% wholesale tax on business-to-business transactions. Jake Wheatley’s bill to end cannabis prohibition — HB 2050 —would replace the unregulated illicit market with a taxed and regulated system with licensed growers, processors, and retailers.

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Costa Rica: Will He Won’t He? President Alvarado Sitting On Cannabis Bill

Cannabis Law Report

Costa Rica’s president said he is studying a bill that would legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp, giving no clear indication if he will sign the measure into law or not. The law covers cultivation, harvesting, processing, storage and transport. Hemp Today Reports. President’s term ending.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22/20

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This created issues for law enforcement and testing facilities in determining the difference between legal hemp and illegal marijuana. Legislation is pending, House Bill 1648, to remove all criminal and civil penalties for the use, possession, and cultivation of marijuana by adults. GA resident? New Hampshire. OK resident? PA resident?

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Where Does California’s $635M in Marijuana Tax Money Go?

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

The state of California has now permitted the legal use of marijuana for two years. A cultivation tax of $9.65 (raised from an initial $9.25). One program idea currently under consideration could see legal marijuana tax revenue used to employ released prisoners to help deter juvenile offenders. Legal Implications.

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UK: A blueprint for the UK Cannabis Industry

Cannabis Law Report

The UK All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cannabidiol (CBD) Products has published ‘A Plan for a Legal and Regulated UK Hemp and Cannabis Sector’. billion in annual tax revenue, and environmental and agricultural benefits aimed at meeting carbon neutrality commitments by 2050. These include an estimated 594,000+ jobs, £5.5

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California Makes Gifting Cannabis to Terminally Ill Tax-Exempt

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

At the onset of California’s legal adult-use era in early 2018, it quickly became apparent that greater legal protections were needed to ensure marijuana could more easily reach those with medical needs for it. Under Proposition 64: Adults aged 21 and older can only legally gift one another up to one ounce of marijuana at a time; and.

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Is the Nation’s Vaping Crisis Hurting California’s Cannabis Market?

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

If you need legal advice for your commercial cannabis business, our Los Angeles cannabis business attorneys can help. Over the past six months, Sherbinskis is one cultivator who has learned a thing or two about the market in the wake of the vaping crisis. Legal Implications. Call us at 714-937-2050.

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