A group of California lawmakers has introduced a bill to reduce state cannabis taxes in an effort to compete with the illicit market. Taxes would be reduced for growing and selling cannabis for a three-year...

Uruguay’s drug-related crime rates have dropped by 20 percent since the Cannabis plant was legalized for distribution and sale in July 2017, based on a recent report by Telesur. The sovereign state...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor With some states, including California, dealing with the issue of perhaps not having enough cannabis to meet market demands, it would seem Oregon has the...

New Mexico finished 2017 with medical cannabis revenues higher than ever before, according to a press release distributed by the state's top medical cannabis provider. The entire industry grossed $86.2...

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor States tend to approve legalizing cannabis because there’s a lot of tax revenue to be made. Many people want to buy cannabis without facing criminal charges,...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a proposal for the nation’s social cannabis program which would place a dollar-a-gram excise tax on cannabis sold for $10 a gram or less. Cannabis...

New York State is facing a problem in the medical cannabis industry: it is offering a limited selection of medical cannabis products at an overly expensive price. Medical patients in New York State...

Five government representatives met with two-dozen state officials to discuss Colorado’s legal cannabis industry last Tuesday.  State officials described the meeting as necessary for documenting...