marijuana tax Archives - Maryland Center on Economic Policy

Cleaning Up the Tax Code Would Protect Needed Investments and Strengthen Maryland’s Economy

March 10, 2017

As one disappointing revenue estimate after another came in last fall, it became increasingly clear that this would be a difficult year for Maryland’s state budget. Governor Hogan’s proposed budget confirmed that fear and then some: the governor’s plan responds

Cannabis Tax would Raise Needed Revenue and Create Jobs

March 9, 2017

Position Statement Supporting House Bill 1186 Given before the House Ways and Means Committee The state of Maryland recognized the failures of prohibition of marijuana when the General Assembly passed a decriminalization bill in 2014. Many policy experts now agree