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Jason Rojas: “We had a provision... which basically based a tax on the…”

Featuring: Jason Rojas, Democratic | Connecticut House of Representatives, 9th Assembly District

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Rep. Jason Rojas talks housing and cannabis | Face More Facts with Mike & Mike

Published | Video Starts at 16:35

We would see that with alcohol in the past as well, too. And what we'd like to do is one look at the tax formula. You know, when we started out, We had a provision... which basically based a tax on the amount of THC in a product. our goal was always to keep the effective rate around 20% because that's what our neighboring states were doing. Right. (16:35–16:46)

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