in January. Missouri lawmakers tossed around a few marijuana bills in their last session. Voters in Alaska, Florida, Oregon and Washington, D.C., will cast ballots in November on marijuana initiatives.
Colorado was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, and , the second month of the state's fiscal year. Colorado Public Radio reports that since sales began, in recreational pot taxes and fees. July was the exceeded medicinal marijuana sales.
In July, we talked to Sgt. Jason Grellner of Franklin County Drug Enforcement and Jeffrey Mittman. executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, about legalizing marijuana in Missouri. Grellner supported prohibition; Mittman supported "full legalization of marijuana 鈥� taxation and regulation."
Using data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and tax rates compiled by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, . That analysis puts Missouri in the middle of the pack, earning just shy of $50 million a year. NerdWallet estimates that Illinois could earn about $125 million.
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