cannabis

Cannabis Tax Hikes Take Effect in Two States

Cannabis consumers in California and Maryland must begin paying higher taxes for state-licensed cannabis products. Cannabis-specific tax hikes took effect today in both states. In California, excise taxes on commercially available cannabis products increased from 15 percent to 19 percent. In Maryland, the special sales tax on retail marijuana purchases rose from 9 percent to…

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How Big Tobacco is Trying to Steal the Cannabis Industry:

The wolves are circling the cannabis industry, and they’re wearing familiar sheep’s clothing. Altria Group, the tobacco giant behind Marlboro cigarettes and a century of corporate malfeasance, is positioning itself to dominate legal cannabis using the exact same playbook they used to capture and control the tobacco market in the 1990s. This isn’t just corporate…

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