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Should Sacramento’s cannabis tax be cut? Dispensary owners and youth advocates at odds

Should Sacramento’s cannabis tax be cut? Dispensary owners and youth advocates at odds

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Cannabis NewsDecember 4, 2023

Cannabis operators in Sacramento want the city to reduce a 4% tax on their gross receipts, but the cut would slash money allocated for youth organizations. The special tax must be paid monthly by all cannabis businesses in Sacramento, and starting next year, 40% of the tax will go to a new entity

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Should Sacramento’s cannabis tax be cut? Dispensary owners and youth advocates at odds

Should Sacramento’s cannabis tax be cut? Dispensary owners and youth advocates at odds

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Cannabis NewsDecember 4, 2023

Cannabis operators in Sacramento want the city to reduce a 4% tax on their gross receipts, but the cut would slash money allocated for youth organizations. The special tax must be paid monthly by all cannabis businesses in Sacramento, and starting next year, 40% of the tax will go to a new entity

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Medical Marijuana dispensary anticipate growth with addition of recreational sales

Medical Marijuana dispensary anticipate growth with addition of recreational sales

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Cannabis NewsDecember 4, 2023

Ohio is the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana use, after Issue 2 got the support of about 57% of voters in November’s election. What You Need To Know Ohio is the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana use, after Issue 2 got the support of about 57% of voters in November’s election

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Medical Marijuana dispensary anticipate growth with addition of recreational sales

Medical Marijuana dispensary anticipate growth with addition of recreational sales

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Cannabis NewsDecember 4, 2023

Ohio is the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana use, after Issue 2 got the support of about 57% of voters in November’s election. What You Need To Know Ohio is the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana use, after Issue 2 got the support of about 57% of voters in November’s election

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Cannabis workers across Missouri begin push to unionize dispensaries

Cannabis workers across Missouri begin push to unionize dispensaries

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Cannabis NewsDecember 4, 2023

While dispensary workers see progress, marijuana manufacturing employees say they are stuck in a ‘gray area,’ unable to unionize because they may be considered agriculture workers. The first day was a breeze. Sean Shannon and Danny Foster walked into several marijuana dispensaries around Missouri

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What to expect when Recreational Marijuana becomes legal in Ohio this week

What to expect when Recreational Marijuana becomes legal in Ohio this week

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Cannabis NewsDecember 4, 2023

With just a few days to go before recreational weed becomes legal in Ohio a lot of confusion remains, especially when it comes to purchasing cannabis. “It’s extremely confusing,” Cleveland School of Cannabis President Tyrone Russell said. “It’s extremely confusing because there is a lot of

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'Do you want us to get into a gunfight?’ Cannabis industry decries police response to burglaries

'Do you want us to get into a gunfight?’ Cannabis industry decries police response to burglaries

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Cannabis NewsDecember 4, 2023

Santa Cruz Cannabis Businesses Demand Police Action on Sophisticated Burglaries. Local cannabis operations have increasingly become targets for highly sophisticated burglaries in which masked individuals break into these tightly secured shops and steal tens of thousands of dollars worth of product

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'Do you want us to get into a gunfight?’ Cannabis industry decries police response to burglaries

'Do you want us to get into a gunfight?’ Cannabis industry decries police response to burglaries

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Cannabis NewsDecember 4, 2023

Santa Cruz Cannabis Businesses Demand Police Action on Sophisticated Burglaries. Local cannabis operations have increasingly become targets for highly sophisticated burglaries in which masked individuals break into these tightly secured shops and steal tens of thousands of dollars worth of product

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Cannabis store shut down for alleged unlicensed sales

Cannabis store shut down for alleged unlicensed sales

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

Jaydega 7,0 Cannabis Store Shut Down for Allegedly Selling Products Without a License. The Jaydega 7.0 store on Main Street, Canandaigua was shut down Thursday after allegedly selling cannabis products without a license, according to the state Office of Cannabis Management. Daniel G. Haughney

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Company launches first Hemp-based insulation product

Company launches first Hemp-based insulation product

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

Kingspan‘s new bio-based insulation HemKor product range is largely made of hemp and can help drive down the embodied carbon of buildings. HemKor, the new bio-based insulation product range, offers three products to help reduce the carbon footprint of buildings. Jute Blend has a bio-based content of

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Ohio voters approved a new recreational Marijuana law. Why can the Legislature change it?

Ohio voters approved a new recreational Marijuana law. Why can the Legislature change it?

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

Ohio voters made the Buckeye State the 24th to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. The ballot measure, known as Issue 2, passed in the Nov. 7 election with 57% of the vote, according to unofficial results. And Ohio Republicans who oppose marijuana started talking almost immediately about how

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University of Utah to Open Medical Cannabis Center, Seeks DEA Approval

University of Utah to Open Medical Cannabis Center, Seeks DEA Approval

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

The Center for Medical Cannabis Research at University of Utah can help gain evidence-based data on medical cannabis. Researchers at the oldest college in Utah are opening a medical cannabis research center and seeking for a DEA-approved grow site in order to overcome some of the regulatory hurdles

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Why Hemp-Derived THC Drinks Are Riding High

Why Hemp-Derived THC Drinks Are Riding High

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

Since marijuana’s cannabis cousin was federally legalized in 2018, hemp has outpaced the legal weed market in America. Now canned cocktails and other THC-infused beverages are going mainstream—especially in states where pot is still illegal. In 1939, six years after Prohibition was repealed, Manuel

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More Than 10% of Older Americans Have Used Cannabis in the Last Year

More Than 10% of Older Americans Have Used Cannabis in the Last Year

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

Newly published research provides more evidence that gray-haired Americans are increasingly into green. After analyzing available survey data, researchers at the University of Michigan said that 12.1% of adults in the United States aged 50-80 reported using cannabis in the past year. “Among those

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Cannabis Commission can make a true impact with Hornet Medicinals

Cannabis Commission can make a true impact with Hornet Medicinals

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

By approving the application from an HBCU, the AMCC can reshape the relationship young, Black Alabamians have with marijuana. Black Alabamians are at least four times more likely to be jailed for marijuana possession than white citizens of the state. Those numbers were compiled by the ACLU from data

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Recreational Marijuana becomes legal in Ohio next week — what to know

Recreational Marijuana becomes legal in Ohio next week — what to know

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

With Dec 7 fast approaching, Klutch Cannabis in Akron is getting ready for some big changes as a result of Ohio Issue 2. “December 7 starts the clock, around the six-month mark I believe, applications will start going out. The timeline of nine months in September, provisional licenses could be

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Could state lawmakers finally implement a Marijuana marketplace?

Could state lawmakers finally implement a Marijuana marketplace?

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

As lawmakers prepare to return to the Capitol, one issue is certain to come up again in the next General Assembly — marijuana. It’s now legal to possess small amounts of marijuana in Virginia. But nobody has a license to sell it because the General Assembly has repeatedly failed to create a system

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Could state lawmakers finally implement a Marijuana marketplace?

Could state lawmakers finally implement a Marijuana marketplace?

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

As lawmakers prepare to return to the Capitol, one issue is certain to come up again in the next General Assembly — marijuana. It’s now legal to possess small amounts of marijuana in Virginia. But nobody has a license to sell it because the General Assembly has repeatedly failed to create a system

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What's behind the rise in Marijuana dispensary break-ins?

What's behind the rise in Marijuana dispensary break-ins?

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

An alarming trend of break-ins at marijuana dispensaries across metro Detroit and the State of Michigan is continuing, and employees say more needs to be done to prevent them. Just in the last two weeks, marijuana dispensaries on Detroit's east side have been targeted in the middle of the night

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What's behind the rise in Marijuana dispensary break-ins?

What's behind the rise in Marijuana dispensary break-ins?

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Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023

An alarming trend of break-ins at marijuana dispensaries across metro Detroit and the State of Michigan is continuing, and employees say more needs to be done to prevent them. Just in the last two weeks, marijuana dispensaries on Detroit's east side have been targeted in the middle of the night

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