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Recreational Marijuana: Impact on Traffic Deaths

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Luckily, states such as Colorado, Washington, and California have had marijuana laws in place long enough for researchers to collect data and better understand the effects of legalization on behaviors such as driving under the influence. It follows that many of these positive tests were collected from individuals who were not “impaired.”.

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More aggressive tax collections from unlicensed cannabis sellers recommended in Mass.

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The marijuana legalization law, as rewritten and passed by the Legislature in 2017, required Attorney General Maura Healey and the Cannabis Control Commission to jointly study the “advisability of establishing criminal penalties for violations” of the new law. “We

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Does Legal Cannabis Increase Your Home’s Value? This Data Says So

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Home values increased by $6,338 from 2017 to 2019 in states where cannabis is legal in some form, compared to states that haven’t legalized at all. who haven’t yet sold a year’s worth of legal cannabis are predicted to collect $601 million in new annual tax revenue. Public health and safety programs. Key Findings. General funds.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

The Traffic Safety Culture Index is an annual survey with national scope and multiple measures relevant to driving after marijuana use. Because THC presence is an imperfect proxy for impairment [ 10 ], driving data may be limited in clarifying what traffic safety risks, if any, are associated with permissive marijuana policies.

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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. The special retail tax rate was 10% until the legislature and governor increased it in July 2017. Also, until July 2017, a 2.9% local sales tax on adult-use cannabis and has collected $237.5

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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. The special retail tax rate was 10% until the legislature and governor increased it in July 2017. Also, until July 2017, a 2.9% local sales tax on adult-use cannabis and has collected $210.6

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Clark County continues to eye pot-law changes

Cannabis Chronicles

Most recently, the store opened in 2017 after being granted a reprieve while it challenged the ban in court. In April, the council held a work session examining the public safety and health aspects of legal cannabis. But after losing the appeal, John Larson was ordered in March to pay a civil penalty of $112,500 to the county.

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