Adding up the votes, tax for marijuana in the metro

MMP News AuthorApril 5, 2023
ENFORCEMENT DETAILS. ANOTHER HOT ISSUE FOR MISSOURI VOTERS WAS THE ADDING A LOCAL MARIJUANA TAX. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES COULD ASK VOTERS FOR THEIR OWN SALES TAX AS LEGAL WEED SALES BEGAN AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. BUT CANNABIS FINANCE REBECCA GANNON EXPLAINS SOME ... Read More

Texas Legislature considers expanding medical marijuana –

MMP News AuthorMarch 22, 2023
(KTEN) — The State of Texas currently has a Compassionate Use Program that lets doctors prescribe low-THC cannabis to patients with cancer, epilepsy, and certain other medical conditions.  “Primarily we see it in cancer patients, because it does help with improve their appetite, feeling like they can eat,” explained Medicine Shoppe staff pharmacist Don ... Read More

Factors in the vote against recreational marijuana

MMP News AuthorNovember 13, 2022
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -This election the people voted against recreational marijuana for those over the age of twenty-one. With many factors at play in this election versus the one in 2020. Michael Card is an associate professor at the University of South Dakota. He says the turnout ... Read More

Granite remains ‘red,’ local taxes approved

MMP News AuthorNovember 9, 2022
Rural counties on Tuesday continued approving local option taxes on recreational marijuana sales by huge margins, a trend that’s played out over every election since the state legalized weed in 2020. Granite County, meanwhile, upheld a ban on recreational pot sales that passed in the June primary. West Yellowstone and ... Read More