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California’s experience shows why burdensome taxes and regulations, as in Sen. Chuck Schumer’s proposed bill, would drive consumers away from the legal pot market.

The Senate majority leader’s marijuana bill would pile on more taxes and regulations, despite years of complaints about the barriers they create.

Perhaps the government shouldn't be running golf courses in the first place?

Meanwhile, Delaware's governor has blocked a more modest step, and a legalization initiative has qualified for the ballot in South Dakota.

The administration is encouraging counterproductive "inclusionary zoning" policies that often raise housing prices and reduce supply.

The cultivation tax has driven up the cost of growing cannabis, fueling illegal operations and the state’s enormous black market.

Taxes in California are among the highest in the United States and that of course includes cannabis-related taxes, which are so exorbitant that they are hobbling what should rightly be the country's - make that the world's largest and potentially successful cannabis market. 

Heavy regulation, high taxes, and local bans combined to cripple the legal cannabis industry, which accounts for just a third of the state's pot market.

The Supreme Court has 122 cases up for consideration during today’s conference, including three challenges to mandatory state bar association dues. Here’s a rundown of each of those cases. To follow along, keep an eye out for the order list to be posted here on Monday.