Reconsidering Pot’s ‘Teaspoon’ of Tax Revenue: Cannabis Weekly
- Deficits could fuel legalization in some cash-starved states
- However, other more pressing issues may take precedence
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Cannabis companies would get access to small-business aid under new legislation introduced in the House last week, but whether the pandemic helps or hurts broader legalization efforts is an open question.
Executives and policy experts are debating whether states and countries desperate for tax revenue as a result of the coronavirus will rush to legalize cannabis, or whether it will take a back seat to more pressing public-health and economic issues.