Colorado Marijuana Tax Revenue almost Doubles in One Year
“The OMMBC commercial doesn’t advertise that anyone should use marijuana, but that those in the industry, or thinking of joining the burgeoning industry need to know the latest developments with medical and recreational regulations while also networking with the top attorneys, professionals and experts in the field”. “The people who were smoking marijuana before legalization still are”.
Anthony Johnson, executive director of the Yes on 91 campaign that led to legalized recreational marijuana in the state, and a founder of the Oregon Cannabis Industry Association, says Portland’s KATU dropped the commercial, mostly because of all the hoopla surrounding its “historic” significance.
Boyd argued that the state’s recreational marijuana law retroactively decriminalized marijuana possession so it should apply to her conviction of being in possession of marijuana because the law, among other things, legalizes the possession of up to an ounce of cannabis. This move potentially raises constitutional issues, since unlike the Neos ad pulled last month (see below) the OMMBC ad does not promote the use of any federally illegal substance – only information.]. The state requires annual renewal of medical marijuana cards.
Sotto explained that even the United Nations, which has the most powerful scientific and medical researchers, does not allow the legalization of marijuana.
– The Senate Appropriations Committee July 23 approved a measure intended to prevent the U.S. Treasury Department from punishing banks that provide financial services to marijuana businesses operating legally under state laws.
There is still only one approved provider of marijuana for medical research, the University of Mississippi.
Inquisitr also points out that Sanders has become a major talking point within Reddit’s marijuana community known as /r/trees, which usually tends to shy away from discussing politics. That amendment is thought to have a better chance of being included in the final spending bill Congress sends to the president. “Colorado voters made it clear that they do not want adults to be punished for possessing small amounts of marijuana”.
“We find that the performance of students who lose legal access to cannabis improves substantially”, the authors of the study, two economists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, said, according to Business Insider.