Cities scrapping for share of marijuana tax revenues

Filed under: drug abuse treatment plans

Cities there receive 1.5 percent of the sales tax from marijuana sales. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper released a budget proposal with plans to use the majority of revenue for youth drug prevention, substance-abuse treatment and public-health programs.
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Marijuana industry eager to pay taxes – and cash in on deductions

Filed under: drug abuse treatment plans

… tax breaks for selling a drug that's still outlawed nationally. Some warn that if Congress doesn't treat pot sellers like other businesses, state plans to tax and regulate marijuana for recreational use in Washington state and Colorado are doomed …
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Govts urged to prevent drug spread

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The Golden Triangle is the geographic centre of the Greater Mekong Sub-region, and plans are well underway to expand transport and infrastructure and lower trade barriers and border controls across the region. The organized criminal networks that …
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