How taxes can pay off for cannabis industry
Twenty-one new medical cannabis bills were introduced by California legislators under the February deadline.
Twenty-one new medical cannabis bills were introduced by California legislators under the February deadline.
Cannabis has many names, but people who rely on it to ease pain and alleviate ailments deploy an evocative label. They call it medicine.
Cannabis products have been legally sold as medicine in California for two decades. But newly proposed legislation would tax marijuana like a sin, just like spirits, beer, wine and cigarettes.
It’s not easy to love a tax collector. But the cannabis industry and its supporters should be hugging the California State Board of Equalization.
Tracking and tracing commercial cannabis from seed to retail sale received a three-hour examination at a panel discussion organized by State Board of Equalization member Fiona Ma.
Gov. Brown signed emergency legislation to repeal the erroneous March 1 deadline for local authorities to lose jurisdiction over medical marijuana cultivation.
If county and city authorities block the local permit process, the state system will collapse.