STATE	TAX LAW
ALASKA	No direct consumption tax, although Anchorage has a 5 percent retail sales tax.
CALIFORNIA	15 percent state excise on retail sales PLUS 9 percent standard sales tax PLUS any additional local taxes.
COLORADO^	15 percent state tax on retail sales PLUS any local and special district taxes.
MASSACHUSETTS^^	State excise tax of 10.75 percent PLUS localities levy up to 3 percent PLUS 6.25 percent standard sales tax on recreational.
NEVADA	15 percent on retail sales PLUS state sales tax of 6.85 percent on recreational.
OREGON	17 percent excise PLUS an optional 3 percent municipal tax.
VERMONT	None, but Legislature scrambling to create one by July 1.
WASHINGTON	37 percent retail excise tax PLUS 6.5 percent standard sales tax on recreational.
WASHINGTON DC	None. Federal law now bans local officials from regulating cannabis.

^ Since July 2017, retail marijuana in Colorado is exempt from a 2.9 percent state sales tax.

^^ Sales begin July 1.

Sources: Alaska Dept. of Revenue – Tax Division; California Department of Tax and Fee Administration; Colorado Dept. of Revenue; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission; Oregon Department of Revenue; The Tax Foundation; Washington State Department of Revenue.