$1 billion in legal pot taxes predicted for California
California cannabis prohibition is costing the state about $1 billion per year in lost tax revenue that’s sorely needed for social services, a new analysis from the state’s Department of Finance reports this December 21. Read more »
2015: Big year for medical marijuana
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. – According to lawmakers, 2015 was a big year for California and the North Coast on the medical marijuana front. It was a year centered on regulating the $40 billion industry, before it has the opportunity of being legalized. Read more »
Here’s How Many People Fatally Overdosed On Marijuana Last Year
With marijuana now legal in some form throughout 23 states, the number of Americans who fatally overdosed on the drug last year was significant. Read more »
Pot advocates settle on 2016 initiative
SACRAMENTO — The attorney general’s office has been so inundated with marijuana legalization measures that it’s been hard to separate the wheat from the chaff – or the stems from the buds, to use a more appropriate analogy. It costs less than the average price of an ounce of the stuff to file a statewide […]