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Article – Quartz: Here’s how much marijuana businesses pay in taxes

Cannabis Law Report

By locality. By locality. 10.75% state excise tax; local sales tax capped at 3%. 17% state excise tax; local sales tax capped at 3%. Oregon finances education and drug treatment-and-prevention programs with its cannabis revenues, with some going to local governments. California. Massachusetts.

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Gov’s office says new law doesn’t mean inmates can get medical cannabis

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

The new law, which goes into effect on July 14, states that medical cannabis patients who are on probation, parole or are in the custody of state or local law enforcement, pending a trial, will not be denied their medication.

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Lawsuits in the cannabis space

Cannabis Law Report

Despite the optimism and momentum that rules the day in much of the cannabis industry—especially with passage of the 2018 Farm Bill providing protections for hemp and its derivatives— marijuana itself remains a controlled substance under federal law, as well as under state and local laws of some U.S.

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US Hemp Roundtable Outlines Developments In Hemp In Kansas, Iowa & Nebraska

Cannabis Law Report

However, the Roundtable hired local lobbying help, and Senate File 599 was introduced that provides protections from Model State Act to hemp-derived CBD products. One of the few states never to adopt a hemp law, things grew worse in March when the Story County Attorney announced a crackdown on CBD products.

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Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha Chides Office of the Narcotics Control Board Over  Raid on Khao Kwan Foundation

Cannabis Law Report

Mr. Vivat said that the raid on the Khao Kwan Foundation was by local authorities and ONCB officials without the government’s consent. Decha Siripat came about after several civic organisations, including the Foundation for Consumers and Biothai, expressed their support for the foundation and Decha.

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Alabama Senate Committee Unanimously Passes Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

The Joint Blog

As noted by Marijuana Moment , possession of more than an ounce but less than two ounces would be considered a class A misdemeanor, while possession of more than two ounces would be a class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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California Employers Ease Zero Tolerance on Cannabis

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

Those measures only applied to federal employees, but local and state decision-makers adopted similar programs under state laws and implemented zero-tolerance programs for drug-free workplaces. This was with the exception of the postal service certain units of the legislative and judicial branches.

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