Cullman County voters will vote on whether to add a 15% local tax to medical cannabis products on Tuesday when they go to the polls.
If the local amendment passes, sixty-seven percent of the revenue from the new tax will go to the District Attorney of the Thirty-second Judicial Circuit for personnel. Thirty-three percent will go to the Cullman County Legislative Delegation on “mental health issues,” according to The Cullman Tribune.
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker has said the revenue generated by the proposed tax will allow for the hiring of more prosecutors.
Joey Robertson, Wagon Trail Med-Serv CEO said at a recent panel that the new proposed tax on top of the regular sales taxes and the current 9% state cannabis tax would place a 33% tax on medical cannabis in Cullman County, making it “unobtainable for many patients who are struggling to make ends meet.”
Alabama's medical cannabis program was passed into law in 2021 but hasn't been fully implemented due to ongoing litigation.
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