8.4 billion dollars

California has collected nearly $8.4 billion in tax money from legal marijuana sales since voters approved adult-use cannabis in 2016, Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week. A big portion of that money comes from special cannabis taxes, while the rest comes from standard state sales taxes. Between April and June alone, the state pulled in over $261 million. Newsom … [Read more...] about California Rolling in Green: State Collects $8.4 Billion in Weed Taxes