California’s cannabis tax plan ‘Band-aid’ on broken system? | Illinois issues craft permits | Who are Europe’s medical cannabis consumers?

<p>We're back with another episode of "<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cannabis-daily-podcast-bofc-live/id1488003336">Cannabis Daily</a>"! Here are today's stories:</p><ul><li>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new California budget proposal includes tax breaks for the industry, but many don’t believe it’ll be enough to save the industry, according to the report in MJBizDaily.</li><li>The state of Illinois has begun issuing permits to craft cannabis producers and will have a lottery for retail applicants who filed lawsuits demanding corrections to the previous licensing process says the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-licenses-20220519-5djh6qiqkbbbramcugobj4afm4-story.html">Chicago Tribune</a>.</li><li>Medical cannabis consumers in Europe skew older compared to consumers in  North America, Australia and Israel, according to <a href="https://prohibitionpartners.com/2022/03/31/launching-today-the-european-cannabis-report-7th-edition/">data </a>from Prohibition Partners.</li></ul><p>As mentioned in the episode - we'd love to get your take on the Illinois permits story!</p><p>Tweet us and let us know your thoughts,<a href="https://twitter.com/bofc_media"> here.</a></p><p>Missed yesterday's episode? </p><p>You can catch up with it <a href="https://cannabis-daily-news.simplecast.com/episodes/trulieve-still-digesting">here. </a></p><p> </p><p><strong>About Cannabis Daily</strong>.</p><p>Cannabis Daily is a cannabis news and interview program from Business of Cannabis. We highlight the companies, brands, people and trends driving the cannabis industry.</p><p>Business of Cannabis is a cannabis industry platform marrying cannabis news, video and podcast content, newsletters and online and real-world cannabis events.</p><p>September 22-23 | Join us for Business of Cannabis: New York - a two-day expo and event highlighting cannabis retail tech, design and data as well as the emerging, new capital of cannabis: New York.<br /><a href="https://bofc.me/bofcny2022">https://bofc.me/