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Statewide vaping ban: Effective January 1, 2016, vaping is prohibited in all smoke free areas, which includes bars and restaurants. Localities may regulate vaping more stringently than the state. [30] On October 4, 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued a 180-day ban on the sale of flavored vapes.
The Adult Use of Marijuana Act went into effect on January 1, 2018. [21] Adults 21 and over in California may now possess up to one ounce of dried marijuana or eight ounces of concentrated cannabis and can grow up to six marijuana plants for personal use subject to certain restrictions. [22]
California was the first state to establish a medical cannabis program, enacted by Proposition 215 in 1996 and Senate Bill 420 in 2003. Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act, allows people the right to obtain and use cannabis for any illness if they obtain a recommendation from a doctor.
The state auctioned off 10 dispensaries' TVs and furniture as well as water pipes and bongs. It didn't make much of a dent in the taxes they owed. Pot shops owed millions in taxes.
The state of California added its own twist that year, banning most flavored tobacco products. ... given the state's ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, and certainly none delivered by the ...
Cannabis, which is more widely referred to as marijuana, is a psychoactive drug that also acts as a depressant, and has some medical use in the United States. [11] The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 was the first federal law to regulate cannabis, effectively criminalizing it in most cases.
The California State Fair in Sacramento is adding an on-site cannabis dispensary and 30,000-square-foot consumption lounge to the mix for 2024. Get high (legally) at the massive new weed oasis ...
The letter stated, among other things, "We, the undersigned, call your attention to the attached report [which]... shows that marijuana legalization — replacing prohibition with a system of taxation and regulation — would save $7.7 billion per year in state and federal expenditures on prohibition enforcement and produce tax revenues of at ...