With recreational cannabis becoming legal in Oregon in 2016, many analysts predicted the tax revenue generated from its sale to be substantial. They were right. Oregon recently posted its 2019 cannabis tax revenue and the numbers have hit record highs. Each year since cannabis has become...
While many areas of Washington State are seeing a surge in marijuana sales, one county has had their decision to ban the sale of the drug upheld by the Washington State Court of Appeals. The three-member appellate court panel ruled in April 2020 that Yakima...
Despite legalization in 2017, California is currently entrenched in an ongoing war with the illicit cannabis market. To that end, the state’s central tax collection agency served a dozen tax warrants to illegal marijuana sellers in Southern California in recent weeks. California Rakes In $1 Million...
Last Thursday, the White House announced it is launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign intending to warn young people about the dangers of opioid abuse and curb opioid addiction. It is part of the anti-opioid initiative President Trump announced in March of this year, following his...
Cannabis is big business, not only for industry participants, but also for the states and local jurisdictions where marijuana has been legalized and regulated through the levy and collection of excise and other taxes. A report from New Frontier Data, a cannabis-neutral policy and business...