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San Diego, Calif. - The push to tax pot could be a big money generator for the city of San Diego if a statewide proposition passes. If California voters approve Proposition 64, which would make it legal for adults to use marijuana, Measure N, if it passes, would impose a sales tax on businesses...

Brooke and Rodney Smith opened their Portland, Oregon cannabis dispensary, PDX Tree, in November 2014 — the same month Oregon voters approved a ballot initiative for legalizing recreational marijuana. While they were excited to enter what they hope will be a lucrative experiment in...

Phoenix - Supporters and opponents of recreational marijuana launched their first wave of TV ads this week in the fight over Proposition 205, and there's already at least one claim that's a puff of smoke. A nearly $1 million ad by the No on 205 campaign begins by referencing the first state to...

Three cities in Central Oregon are asking voters to approve a 3 percent sales tax on local sales of marijuana. City councils in Bend, La Pine and Madras all decided this year to ask voters to approve a local sales tax on weed, one that will go into effect when the state's 25 percent tax drops...

Hood River's roster of marijuana dispensaries may soon grow to six. Two formerly vacant buildings will become retail cannabis outlets, according to business proposals submitted to local planning departments. A marijuana dispensary on the Heights, Evergreen Hood River, is nearly remodeled and...

Marijuana is known to have many medical benefits, from people who are suffering a serious illnesses, to people who are plagued with back pain, there's no denying medical marijuana is a life saver for many. Denver, Colorado legalised both recreational and medicinal marijuana back in January 2014...

The city of Long Beach has proposed a new measure that would add a general tax to local businesses that distribute marijuana, should the drug be legalized statewide in November. As reported by the Long Beach Press Telegram, Measure MA would include a 6 percent gross receipts tax on medical...

Marijuana advocates in Nebraska have traded in their rolling papers for initiative petitions. That means voters may soon need to think deeply about the issues of medical and recreational marijuana use. In Nebraska two groups are circulating initiative petitions to put the question on the...

Polls suggest California voters will legalize recreational use of marijuana this November. I am a supporter of legalization, but only tepidly, and only because of certain unpleasant realities. California made 465,873 marijuana-related arrests between 2006 and 2015. Nationwide, despite...

Four states — Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska — have legalized the retail sale of marijuana. One of the main reasons cited by each state for legalizing pot is the tax revenue generated by marijuana sales. Retail marijuana sales started in Colorado 2014, bringing in $56 million the...

A proposed tax on marijuana and marijuana products advanced in second reading Monday before the Petersburg borough assembly. However, the assembly voted to change the wording for future use of the proceeds of such a tax. f voters approve commercial marijuana sales in the borough in next...

Voters in Fillmore will be asked in November whether the city should tax the sale and cultivation of marijuana, even though selling and growing it for any reason is illegal in the city and will remain so into the foreseeable future. But city leaders said they wanted to have a tax mechanism in...

There could be changes to state medical marijuana laws. The governor is expected to sign new bills for regulating and taxing it in Michigan. Changes include a tax on the marijuana provisioning centers sell, and allowing non-smokable forms of medical marijuana. 9 & 10's Blayke Roznowski and...

There could be changes to state medical marijuana laws. The governor is expected to sign new bills for regulating and taxing it in Michigan. Changes include a tax on the marijuana provisioning centers sell, and allowing non-smokable forms of medical marijuana. 9 & 10's Blayke Roznowski and...

In 50 days, Long Beach voters will decide whether to legalize medical marijuana within its borders, and California voters will determine if recreational marijuana should be permitted statewide. While each initiative has its own set of taxes written into it, Long Beach is concerned the city...

Boston - Massachusetts could not be accused of being "Taxachusetts," at least when it comes to taxing marijuana, if Question 4 on the November ballot passes. The proposal to legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana for adults calls for a tax rate on pot sales that would be lower -...

Boston - Massachusetts could not be accused of being "Taxachusetts," at least when it comes to taxing marijuana, if Question 4 on the November ballot passes. The proposal to legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana for adults calls for a tax rate on pot sales that would be lower -...

If you probe why the polls show a majority of California voters support a statewide effort to legalize recreational marijuana, increased tax revenue inevitably comes up. UC Irvine student Giovanni Chavez, like many backers of legalized pot, says he's primarily concerned about personal liberty...

It is harvest day at the Cannabis Cabin grow operation in Gunnison County, and seven employees sit at tables trimming marijuana flowers. A marijuana plant hangs upside down from a scale between the tables, most of its branches bare. Each trimmer works over a black tray, trimming the flowers...

Proposition 64 would create a 15 percent retail cannabis sales tax and a $9.25-an-ounce bud tax as well as a $2.75-an-ounce leaf tax that could raise more than $1 billion per year in tax revenue, according to the California Secretary of State legislative analysis. In turn, that revenue would be...