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

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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 million) | Tax rate: 37% at retail since July 2015; 6.5% The below figures do not count local sales tax revenues, which have been significant.

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Medical Marijuana and PTSD

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A 2015 study authored by Stephanie Yarnell MD, Ph.D. evaluated a collection of control and observational studies for evidence of cannabis as a method to treat PTSD, and concluded that many of them “suggests a decrease in PTSD symptoms with marijuana use.”

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European Food Safety Authority Reports Says Eating Hemp Foods May Elevate Ingested THC Levels

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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has looked at THC levels in 12 different categories of hemp foods, including hemp oil, breads and teas. More than 1,500 samples were collected from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Romania. More than 1,500 samples were collected from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Romania.

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US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: “Crash rates jump in wake of marijuana legalization, new studies show”

Cannabis Law Report

Crash rates spiked with the legalization of recreational marijuana use and retail sales in California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and another by the affiliated Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) show. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. THE REPORT.

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Smartphone Sensor Data Could Detect Cannabis Intoxication With 90% Precision

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Chung serves as director of the Rutgers Institute’s Center for Population Behavioral Health, which specializes in the use of real-time data collection to “advance theory-driven, interdisciplinary and translational research.” ” Repurposing Smartphone Sensor Data. The Guardian reports that the U.S.

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Study Finds No Evidence Legal Medical Cannabis Increases Youth Marijuana Use • High Times

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The study, “Medical marijuana laws (MMLs) and dispensary provisions not associated with higher odds of adolescent or heavy marijuana use: A 46 state analysis, 1991-2015,” was published online this week by the journal Substance Abuse.

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Alaska’s Gov. Mike Dunleavy Issues Executive Order Establishing the Governor’s Advisory Task Force on Recreational Marijuana

Cannabis Law Report

That is three times the amount the state collected in 2018. “In The initiative imposed a $50 per ounce excise tax on the sale of marijuana from warehouses to retailers and took effect in February 2015. The state charges a $50 per ounce excise tax on marijuana sales from warehouses to retailer.