Fifteen states and Washington, D.C., allow for dispensaries where medical marijuana can be grown in large quantities and sold to qualified patients. A look at how they currently treat the drug for tax purposes:
TAXED:
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois (1 percent sales tax like prescription drugs)
Maine
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Washington, D.C.
NOT TAXED:
Delaware (no state sales tax)
Massachusetts
New Hampshire (no state sales tax)
Oregon (no state sales tax)
Vermont
SOURCE: Marijuana Policy Project
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