Tag: Taxation

The Michigan Weed Shakedown

An image depicting a political and economic critique of Michigan’s cannabis tax policy. In the foreground, a brass balance scale weighs stacks of coins against bundles of cash beside a glass jar filled with cannabis buds. The Michigan State Capitol building looms in the background under cloudy skies. Large white and orange text reads: “Policy Failure in Real Time — The Michigan Weed Shakedown: How a 24% tax turned legalization into extortion.” At the bottom right, the Pot Culture Magazine logo features a green cannabis leaf and the words “For the Culture, By the Culture,” along with the website PotCultureMagazine.com. ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept.

Michigan’s new 24% wholesale cannabis tax has ignited outrage across the state. Pitched as a fix for crumbling roads, the law instead cripples small growers and pushes the market back underground. With lawsuits already filed and jobs on the line, the move exposes how easily lawmakers can rewrite voter-approved legalization into a state-sponsored shakedown for profit.

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The $534M Cannabis Heist: California’s War on Competition

California seized $534 million worth of “illegal” weed in 2024, claiming it was about public safety—but was it really? While legacy growers get raided, contaminated corporate weed gets a free pass. This isn’t about protecting consumers—it’s about eliminating competition. We follow the money to expose who actually benefits from California’s war on weed.

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