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Arizona NORML, Partners File 2020 Statewide Legalization Initiative

NORML

“Since the failure of 2016 another 30,000 Arizonans have been arrested for cannabis possession,” Weisser acknowledged. ” A 2016 statewide initiative effort in Arizona failed by a vote of 51 percent to 49 percent. .”

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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

In response to its growing popularity, the DEA announced in 2016 that kratom would be placed in the restrictive Schedule I along with cannabis. The legal cannabis market was developed through Prop 64 and a voter mandate, she says, referring to the 2016 ballot initiative that legalized adult use of the herb in the Golden State.

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New Study Shows Cannabis Use May Be Responsible For Improved Health And Quality of Life

MedicalJane

A web-based study enrolled 1,276 participants (including those already using a cannabis product and those considering its use) between April 2016 and February 2018.

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California Police Auctioning Off Seized Cannabis Merchandise

Veriheal

Collectively, the ten dispensaries owe more than $14.4 The Los Angeles Police Department collected bongs, cannabis manufacturing equipment, and furnishings including a snow cone machine, artwork, TVs, cameras, a refrigerator, and other miscellaneous office supplies. Ten Los Angeles-based cannabis businesses were recently raided.

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

Cannabis Law Report

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 This document reviews each state’s adult-use cannabis tax structure, population, and revenue from legalization. million as of November 2021.

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California Shattered Marijuana Tax Revenue Record In Latest Fiscal Year, State Reports

Cannabis Law Report

California collected about $817 million in adult-use marijuana tax revenue during the 2020-2021 fiscal year, state officials estimated on Monday. In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis. Marijuana Moment reports. Read full article at [link]. August 23, 2021.

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MPP Report: Marijuana Tax Revenue in States that Regulate Marijuana for Adult Use

Cannabis Law Report

Eight of the laws passed in 2020 or 2021, and in seven of those states, licensing and tax collections have not yet begun. local sales tax on adult-use cannabis and has collected $210.6 Oregon voters approved an initiative regulating marijuana for adult use in November 2014, and the state’s first adult-use stores opened in October 2016.