Category: Taxation

Omaha Tribe Legal Cannabis vs Nebraska Prohibition

A feature style map image showing the Omaha Tribal land in green with a cannabis leaf symbol, bordered by Nebraska in red to represent prohibition. The headline reads “Omaha Tribe Legal Cannabis vs Nebraska Prohibition.” Beige background with faint map lines on the left. Branding along the bottom reads PotCultureMagazine.com and ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept.

Nebraska still criminalizes cannabis, yet the Omaha Tribe has built a legal system with real rules, licensing, and a working industry on sovereign land. This update shows how the Tribe keeps moving forward while the state stays rooted in prohibition. The border is now the flashpoint. Step across it with cannabis and everything changes.

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Tax First, Ask Later: Michigan’s Weed War

Governor Gretchen Whitmer stands before the Michigan state seal and an American flag, wearing a red leather jacket and a serious expression. The text reads: “Policy Fiction Tax First, Ask Later. Michigan’s Weed War.” The image critiques Michigan’s cannabis taxation and policy stance. Pot Culture Magazine branding, website, and ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept appear along the bottom.

Michigan’s new 24 percent wholesale cannabis tax is being sold as a road repair plan but looks more like a cash grab. Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s law faces a constitutional challenge from the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association, while NORML’s Paul Armentano warns that greedy taxation drives consumers back underground and destroys legal markets that voters fought to build. The weed war is back this time in a budget.

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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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