States, flush with marijuana money, are now fighting over what to do with it

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NBC News on 3/17/2022 by Elliott Ramos

Activists and politicians are sparring over whether marijuana cash should go to communities targeted by drug arrests.

Legal marijuana sales have been a boon to revenues in 11 states. But as the marijuana tax revenue boosts state treasuries, activists and politicians are jockeying over how to spend it.