Additional Revenues from Potential State Legalization
The revenue increase will be driven by the evolution of high-population markets in New York, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey, and Texas.
The revenue increase will be driven by the evolution of high-population markets in New York, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey, and Texas.
Hundreds of local residents every year get wrapped up in the serious criminal laws for cultivating cannabis.
Those who grow their own can face an array of penalties. In New Jersey, growing more than 10 plants brings the most serious charges. In Pennsylvania, growing even a single seedling is considered a felony.
But there is a big difference in how both states treat underground cannabis farmers.
Convictions are easy for prosecutors to win. The sentences imposed are at the discretion of judges and range across the board from light to draconian.
The marijuana industry has continued its explosive growth in 2018, and a new report has quantified just how explosive.
Sales of legal marijuana in the United States could hit $10 billion this year and skyrocket to $22 billion by 2022, according to the 2018 Marijuana Business Factbook released by Marijuana Business Daily. That’s big growth year-over-year, with last year’s figure for both recreational and medical marijuana hitting about $6.2 billion.
Here are some of the factors driving projections.
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A New Jersey assemblywoman will propose three bills aimed at social justice and economic opportunities should the Garden State legalize recreational cannabis, NJ Advance Media has learned.
Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D-Union), the chairwoman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and deputy majority leader, plans to introduce her bills Monday.
A ruling in a U.S. Supreme Court case about sports gambling on Monday has positive implications for marijuana legalization.
The case, Murphy v. NCAA, centered on whether the Constitution’s anti-commandeering doctrine prevents the federal government from forcing states to keep prohibitions of certain federally banned activities on their own lawbooks.
New legislation designed to "significantly increase" access to New Jersey's medical marijuana program would allow more dispensaries and cultivation centers to open and permit more medical professionals to refer their patients, NJ Advance Media has learned.
The bill was introduced Tuesday by Sens. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, and Declan O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth, in response to Gov. Phil Murphy's call to reform New Jersey's medical marijuana program.
On the West Coast, legislators have been working to enact social justice reform by giving individuals who were previously convicted of cannabis-related crimes to clear their records. California's Proposition 64 allows anyone with cannabis convictions to apply to have their records cleared, and several West Coast cities — from San Diego to Seattle — have even gone so far as to automatically clear former convictions. Last year, Colorado passed a bill allowing those convicted of pot misdemeanors to apply to have their records cleared, and Oregon is considering a similar bill, as well.
Going green has taken on a new meaning in the U.S. Thirty states plus the District of Columbia now allow legal use of medical marijuana. Eight of those states, along with D.C., also have legalized recreational use of marijuana. The numbers in both categories could be higher in the not-too-distant future.
Two states appear to be on course to legalize recreational marijuana in 2018. Another state could also join the ranks of those allowing legal use of medical marijuana. Here's what you need to know.
Nearly 36,000 people were arrested on marijuana charges in New Jersey in 2016, more than 32,000 of them for marijuana possession. That's about twice the number of people that live in Asbury Park.
Those charges, mostly for possession of small amounts of marijuana, often have huge impacts on the people arrested. A marijuana conviction can cause people to lose their housing, prevent them from getting financial aid, or even lose their driver's license.
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Dude, I knew it was bad for marijuana smokers in New Jersey, but I didn’t know it was this bad. The gulf is much wider than I would’ve guessed. It’s like the difference between a dimebag of schwag and an ounce of kind bud. (Sorry if my pot references are dated. I’ve been out of the game for almost 20 years. By the way, are we still using beepers to contact our dealers?)
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