(AP) — Recreational cannabis consumers bought just over $300 million in pot in New Mexico since sales without a prescription were legalized a year ago, the state cannabis control division said Monday. New Mexico legalized recreational marijuana on April 1, 2022, and brought sales...
Once Illinois’s law takes effect, recreational marijuana will be legal in 11 states and the District of Columbia. Voters in nine of those states, plus Washington, D.C., legalized pot through ballot measures.
Colorado Will Bring In More Than $100 Million In Marijuana Tax Revenues This YearRobin Respaut
California increased the tobacco tax from $0.87 to $2.87 per pack of cigarettes in April 2017 (Boonn, 2019), and legalized recreational marijuana effective January 2018 (Meng and Ponce, 2020). Any changes in smoking prevalence as a result of these policy changes would likely impact both 18–...