DOWNLOAD A FLYER ABOUT CANNABIS TAX FAIRNESS IN CALIFORNIA UPDATE 7/10/2023 – SB 512 (Bradford), to end double taxation on cannabis by including state and local excise taxes when calculating other taxes, was held in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation committee and will likely not advance this year in its present form. Committee chair Jacqui …
Cal NORML has compiled the following list of current onsite consumption lounges in California to share with our members and supporters. Email us to be added to this list. See the complete listings of California NORML business members in the Cannabis Dispensaries and Delivery directory. Support the businesses that support reform! INTRODUCTION: Under California state …
UPDATE 2/15/23: DEA Classifies Novel Cannabinoids Delta-8 And -9 THCO As Controlled Substances, Even When Synthesized From Legal Hemp NORML has always warned that delta-9-THCO is illegal under the Synthetic Analogues Act. This DEA decision also applies to delta-8-THCO, which shouldn’t be confused with the more popular delta-8 THC. A new study by Benowitz et …
UPDATE 5/23 – States That Legalize Marijuana See Reduced Tobacco Use, Study Finds The California Department of Public Health has undertaken a busboard campaign claiming that marijuana and vapes produce similar second-hand smoking dangers as tobacco. The ads reference a TobaccoFreeCA webpage warning that secondhand marijuana smoke is cancer-causing and harmful to the brain, lungs, …
PLEASE SUPPORT CAL NORML IN 2023 Now is the time to build on the progress we made in 2022! Please support Cal NORML with a membership donation. Click Here to Donate or see our Cal NORML store and purchase merchandise. It was a banner year for cannabis reform measures in 2022, in no small part due to the efforts of …
At Gov. Newsom’s press conference this morning announcing his May budget revision, he was asked about his proposal to end the cannabis cultivation tax while keeping the state excise tax at 15%, while granting authority to raise the tax to as much as 19% if tax revenues fall below $670 million as soon as January …
With California’s legal cannabis industry in dire straits due to high taxes and regulatory costs, California NORML called on legislators to pass a tax relief bill by Sen. Bradford (SB 1281) at a hearings before the State Senate Governance and Finance Committee on May 4. The Bradford bill would eliminate the state cultivation tax, which …
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November 22, 2021 – The California Dept. of Taxation and Fee Administration has ruled that the cultivation tax on legal cannabis be raised from $9.65 to $10.08 per dry-weight ounce of flower, from $2.87 to $3 for leaf, and from $1.35 to $1.41 for fresh material starting on January 1, 2022. California Should Be Reducing, …
Please support Cal NORML with a 2021 membership! As a special offer, some 2021 members will receive a vintage gold “California NORML” lapel magnet (pictured) to celebrate NORML’s 50th anniversary. When 2020 began, dozens of bills addressing cannabis were introduced in Sacramento, including a Cal NORML–sponsored bill to protect employment rights of medical marijuana users, and …