Tag: Medical Marijuana Thu, May 23, 2013
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At a special meeting Monday night, City Council voted to impose a 7 percent tax on medical marijuana sold in local dispensaries. The decision was made possible after voters passed Measure U, which empowered City Council to impose a tax as high as 10 percent. No other regulations on dispensaries were passed.
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At a special meeting today, City Council will discuss new zoning ordinances for medical marijuana dispensaries. The meeting comes in the wake of a series of raids on medical marijuana collective and a protest by card carrying marijuana users on Friday night. It is hoped that the meeting will clear up some of the haze surrounding the dispensaries’ legal limbo.
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Raids Follow Passage of Medical Marijuana Tax
NewsPolitics Nov 10, 2010, by Eric Johnson 1 Comments
The raid on San Jose Patients Group was one of a number of “smash and grab” raids on local pot dispensaries that occurred last Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3 and 4, just days after San Jose voters overwhelmingly approved Measure U, a medical marijuana tax.
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The Price of Pot to Come
LocalPolitics Oct 11, 2010, by Danny WoolSan Jose is about to decide whether it will join the ranks of cities that tax pot too. In November, residents will weigh in on Measure U, the “Medical Marijuana Ordinance,” which taxes every stage of the medical marijuana industry, from planting to processing to wholesale and retail. Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio says, “This is the only type of tax that would pass in this environment. We tax alcohol, we tax cigarettes ... this would fall into the same category.”
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