April 14, 2020
Pot has boosted state tax revenues in recent years, funding core state initiatives from education to infrastructure to health care.
California collected about $629 million in taxes on cannabis in 2019. Washington raised more tax revenue than any other state in 2019, about $67 per person, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
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