Under Prop 64 adults over the age of 21 are allowed to purchase at one time twenty-eight grams of cannabis and 8 grams of concentrates (wax, distillate, edibles, hash, and crystalline). This also implemented a excise tax of 15%, a sales tax of 8.27 and depending on where you are the city or county can also add additional taxes. Looking around California my team have seen City tax, neighborhood safety tax, Cultivation tax and much more.
Although it is now legal for adult use, there are penalties for certain offensives stated in Prop 64. Such examples are smoking in public which will result in a $100 fine and smoking near a school is a $250 fine. A minor who is caught consuming cannabis will have to complete a four hour drug educational counseling program. They are also subjected to 10 hours of community service as a additional punishment. If a adult user over 21 is caught with more than a ounce they will be fined $500 and up to six months in jail. Other offenses include growing over 6 plants in a household, illegal sales and possession with intent to sale. Under Prop 64 cannabis is legal but it also has it’s limits.
Prop 64 allows cannabis consumption for adults, there are some things that aren’t protected. Employers are still well within their rights to ban cannabis consumption for their employees to maintain a drug free zone at work. This also means that if you test positive during a company drug test, their is a possibility of being terminated. Another important detail people need to know is that renters and or landlords can ban the use and possession of cannabis on their property. This means that if you are renting find out if their is anything in your renter leases that prohibits cannabis.
Ever wonder what happens to all that tax money? According to the LA Times California is expecting to see 643-million dollars in cannabis taxes. Under the guidelines of prop 64 the taxes can be used to fund research done by State Universities to see the impact prop 64 has on health and safety. They will also use the funds to help highway patrol develop methods to determine if a motorist is impaired by the use of cannabis. The taxes will also be used for creating youth programs on drug education, prevention and treatment. The main use of the taxes will be to cover the cost of running the program and enforcing its regulations.
One of the most noticeable changes in the industry is the new regulations on THC infuses edibles. There is now a 100mg cap on all edibles, this new cap also affects medical patients and their products. The more potent edibles may still be purchased while supplies last. Cannabis dispensaries are allowed to sell to sell whatever back stock of high dose edibles they have until July first. After July first all edibles sold must be under 100mg and clearly state how many dosages are in the product. According to state standards a single dose is equal to 10mg of THC, meaning a 100mg edible has 10 dosages. Under the new regulations no edible can resemble pr be the shape of animals, people, or fruit. No edible label may refer to the product as “candy” or contain any cartoons or images that might potentially appeal to minors. Some of these regulations might come to a surprise to some but never fear these regulation are subject to change later this spring.
This has been your daily dose with your reporter M. Montenegro.
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