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The total revenue, including taxes, licenses and fees, Colorado has collected from marijuana since legal recreational marijuana sales began.

Colorado Marijuana Legalization 2015: Fighting The Black Market And The Everyday Challenges Of Selling Legal Weed

 
DENVER -- It turns out selling weed is pretty hard. Contrary to popular belief, selling it legally, at least, isn’t all THC-infused lollipops and rainbows. Just ask David Schwartz.
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Does Anybody Want $3 Billion in Cash From Pot Sales? Big Banks Say No, Thanks

 
The U.S. government has opened a new line of business for America’s biggest banks, and for once they don’t want it. Little wonder: it’s cash from legalized marijuana.

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRANDON MARSHALL/REX VIA AP

Delusional Confidence? A Report from the Marijuana Investor Summit

Sara Davidson ~ The New Yorker ~
 
It was the first day of the first Marijuana Investor Summit, in Denver...
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Feds Propose 50% Marijuana Tax - As A Tax Cut

 
Should marijuana businesses pay tax on gross profits or net profits?
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Ian C. Bates for The New York Times

Legal Marijuana Faces Another Federal Hurdle - Taxes

 
DENVER — Money was pouring into Bruce Nassau’s five Colorado marijuana shops when his accountant called with the bad news 

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