Taxing Marijuana
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- Taxing Marijuana
- 2 arrested in Sonoma County marijuana farm bust
- Cartels Turn US Forests Into Marijuana Plantations Creating Toxic …
- Villanova’s Redding faces marijuana charges
- Calif. man sentenced in Ill. in marijuana case
- Medical marijuana dispensaries thrive in Colo.
Taxing Marijuana
Huffington Post
While the concept of taxing marijuana is a new one for most people to consider it actually has a long history. The very first federal law dealing with (pun intended) marijuana was the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. Earlier laws outlawing “narcotics” had left out marijuana (or in the spelling more common at the time “marihuana”) so this was a more specific law dealing only with cannabis (and hemp). It ostensibly levied a tax on marijuana which was widely used in medical products of the day. The tax was pretty low (the base rate for a doctor was one dollar for.
2 arrested in Sonoma County marijuana farm bust
San Jose Mercury News
—Two men are under arrest after authorities raided a Sonoma County marijuana farm with about 5000 mature pot plants. Sheriff’s officials estimate the marijuana plants plus 30 pounds of processed pot had a street value of $5. Deputies also found a loaded Remington 600.
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Cartels Turn US Forests Into Marijuana Plantations Creating Toxic …
New York Times
“The massive operation that began in February has already seized about 318000 marijuana plants worth an estimated $1. 1 billion officials announced last week. In addition to 82 arrests the multi-jurisdictional federal state and local operation netted 42 pounds of processed marijuana more than $40000 in cash 25 weapons and three vehicles. “Mexican drug trafficking organizations have been operating on public lands to cultivate marijuana with serious consequences for the environment and public safety” said Gil Kerlikowske chief of the White House’s ffice of National Drug Control Policy at a briefing on the investigation.
Villanova’s Redding faces marijuana charges
Philadelphia Inquirer
1 2009 Villanova’s Redding faces marijuana charges By Mari A. Schaefer and Don BeidemanInquirer Staff Writers Reggie Redding who helped the Villanova basketball team to a Final Four berth last season is scheduled to appear before District Justice David Lang of Newtown Square on Aug. 20 on charges of possessing a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia – both misdemeanors. The incident occurred at 1:51 a. He was arrested at the time by Radnor police and released.
Calif. man sentenced in Ill. in marijuana case
San Jose Mercury News
—A California man has been ordered to spend five years in federal prison for his role in a nationwide marijuana-distribution ring that included sending the drug to Illinois. A federal judge in East St. Louis sentenced 32-year-old Trevor Bertlesman of San Anselmo Calif. Bertlesman pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to distribute marijuana with 13 other defendants convicted in the scheme.
Medical marijuana dispensaries thrive in Colo.
The Associated Press
By CLLEEN SLEVIN(AP)–4 days agoBULDER Colo. — Boulder County Caregivers offers 16 glass jars of marijuana with names like Skinny Pineapple and Early Pearl Maui priced at $375 to $420 an ounce. There are marijuana capsules and snacks made with cannabis butter such as rice crispy treats. Co-owner Jill Leigh urges customers to try a syrupy tincture she calls “the Advil of medical marijuana. ” A drop under the tongue gives less of a high but the same pain relief as smoking she says. Leigh’s sales are legal — and taxed — under Colorado’s voter-approved medical marijuana law. Her marijuana dispensary and nearly 60 others serve a rapidly growing number of users with little oversight.