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New Jersey Gov. Says Legal Weed Sales Could Start Within Weeks

Voters overwhelmingly approved legalizing recreational marijuana in November 2020, but sales have not started after more than a year.

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“The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible” – Jacques Chirac The European Union is looked at as a magical creation, highlighting the beauty of diplomacy. It’s a shared idea that the majority of European countries all unite behind. This unity can materialise in the form of laws, civil […]

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When voters approved legalized medical marijuana in Mississippi in 2020, it seemed yet another sign of how people in all parts of the country have embraced legal cannabis. Mississippi’s approval of medical marijuana represented one of many such movements across the South. Unfortunately, things have not gone as expected. First, anti-legalization forces managed to stop […]

How Much Weed Was Sold In Top-Selling Cannabis States? Arizona & Michigan Smash Records Again

Arizona continues to smash cannabis sales records, with yet another milestone of over $1.23 billion of weed products sold during the first 11 months of 2021.

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California Gov. Signals Tax Reform As Marijuana Industry Struggles With State’s Regulations

The governor’s budget estimates that California could generate $787 million in marijuana revenue in the 2022-23 tax year.

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More Red States Are Going Wild For Weed

This year, states including Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, and Maryland will all consider ballot measures on legalization

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Here’s How Much Tax Revenue Has Been Collected From Legal Marijuana Sales In America

The U.S. federal government has left over $500,000,000 in tax revenue on the table by not legalizing marijuana at the federal level.

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Great financial report from Marijuana Policy Project on the total amount of tax revenue EVER collected from legal marijuana sales in America since 2014, or basically since Colorado started the whole ball of wax in 2014.  The $10.4 billion in state tax revenue is stunning when consider only a handful of states were collecting tax revenue from 2014 to almost 2019.  Add in the slow rollouts in many states like Massachusetts, and the lack of sales in highly populated states like Florida and New York, and you realize that number could be double if things had moved faster on the policy side.

Montana is bringing in serious money through recreational cannabis just in the first days that it has been officially legal.

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