Starting next year, Oregon will decrease its current25 percent taxon recreational pot to 17 percent, with an option for cities and counties to collect up to an additional 3 percent more in taxes, if voters agree. Read article here: High Times
Tag: Convictions
Federal Bill Would Prevent College Kids With Drug Convictions From Losing Financial Aid
A group of bipartisan lawmakers emerged this week with a piece of legislation intended to repeal the law that has crippled so many students from furthering their education because a drug offense disqualified them from financial aid. Read article here: High Times
Michigan State Police Lab Falsely Reports to Help Prosecutors Get Felony Convictions
While most Americans are in favor of reforming marijuana laws across the United States, law enforcement agencies have continued to work diligently with prosecutors to devise underhanded scams that will ensure more people go to prison for weed. Read article here: High Times
Ruling Clears Way for Marijuana Convictions to be Erased
Thousands of people busted in Connecticut for marijuana possession now have the right to get their convictions erased after the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the violation had been downgraded to the same legal level as a parking ticket. Read article here: High Times