California Cannabis Countdown: Alameda County
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September 15, 2017
California Cannabis Countdown: Alameda CountyCalifornia Cannabis Countdown: Alameda CountyCalifornia Cannabis Countdown: Alameda County
California has 58 counties and 482 incorporated cities across the state, each with the option to create its own rules or ban marijuana altogether. In this California Cannabis Countdown series, we cover wh ...
California has 58 counties and 482 incorporated cities across the state, each with the option to create its own rules or ban marijuana altogether. In this California Cannabis Countdown ...
After the smoke clears: What’s next for Northern California’s cannabis industry?
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October 14, 2017
After the smoke clears: What’s next for Northern California’s cannabis industry?After the smoke clears: What’s next for Northern California’s canna...After the smoke clears: What’s next for Northern California’s cannabis industry?
By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff The devastating and deadly wildfires in Northern California could hardly have come at a worse time for the regions well-established and highly respected cannabis indu ...
By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff The devastating and deadly wildfires in Northern California could hardly have come at a worse time for the regions well-established and highly res ...
Crowdfunding site shuts down campaign for California cannabis farm fire victims
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October 18, 2017
Crowdfunding site shuts down campaign for California cannabis farm fire victimsCrowdfunding site shuts down campaign for California cannabis farm ...Crowdfunding site shuts down campaign for California cannabis farm fire victims
By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian An online payment company has shut down a fundraising campaign set up to support cannabis cultivators whove been impacted by the deadly wildfires in Northern Ca ...
By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian An online payment company has shut down a fundraising campaign set up to support cannabis cultivators whove been impacted by the deadly wild ...
Wine Country Fires Hit Northern California Pot Industry Hard
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October 18, 2017
Wine Country Fires Hit Northern California Pot Industry HardWine Country Fires Hit Northern California Pot Industry HardWine Country Fires Hit Northern California Pot Industry Hard
Phillip Smith | October 18, 2017 The wildfires raging through Northern Californias Wine Country these past weeks have killed at least 41 people, left dozens missing, and thousands burned out of their ho ...
Phillip Smith | October 18, 2017 The wildfires raging through Northern Californias Wine Country these past weeks have killed at least 41 people, left dozens missing, and thousands bu ...
California Sticker Shock: Will Dispensary Prices Jump 70 Percent?
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November 09, 2017
California Sticker Shock: Will Dispensary Prices Jump 70 Percent?California Sticker Shock: Will Dispensary Prices Jump 70 Percent?California Sticker Shock: Will Dispensary Prices Jump 70 Percent?
Photo Pixabay A report last week estimated that Californias high taxes on cannabis will drastically increase the price of marijuana for consumers. The business world is full of p ...
Photo Pixabay A report last week estimated that Californias high taxes on cannabis will drastically increase the price of marijuana for consumers. The busines ...
New Cannabis Contraband: The Brands and Products Now Outlawed Under California’s New Rules
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November 21, 2017
New Cannabis Contraband: The Brands and Products Now Outlawed Under California’s New RulesNew Cannabis Contraband: The Brands and Products Now Outlawed Under...New Cannabis Contraband: The Brands and Products Now Outlawed Under California’s New Rules
Photo Sam Bald/Flickr When Californias recreational market comes online on Jan. 1, the industry will have to adjust to follow these rules or face the states new Bureau of Cannabi ...
Photo Sam Bald/Flickr When Californias recreational market comes online on Jan. 1, the industry will have to adjust to follow these rules or face the states n ...
How Om Edibles Won California’s First Production Permit
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November 25, 2017
How Om Edibles Won California’s First Production PermitHow Om Edibles Won California’s First Production PermitHow Om Edibles Won California’s First Production Permit
Photos Gracie Malley for Cannabis Now The City of Berkeley awarded Om Edibles a permit to produce their award-winning edibles and said that it was the first of its kind awarded i ...
Photos Gracie Malley for Cannabis Now The City of Berkeley awarded Om Edibles a permit to produce their award-winning edibles and said that it was the first o ...
Learning from California’s new cannabis regulations
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November 29, 2017
Learning from California’s new cannabis regulationsLearning from California’s new cannabis regulationsLearning from California’s new cannabis regulations
California released new emergency cannabis regulations on November 17 to prepare for legal recreational sales planned for January 1, 2018. The rules are being categorized as temporary regulations that wil ...
California released new emergency cannabis regulations on November 17 to prepare for legal recreational sales planned for January 1, 2018. The rules are being categorized as temporary ...
Clinics Help Californians Clear Pot From Criminal Records
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November 30, 2017
Clinics Help Californians Clear Pot From Criminal RecordsClinics Help Californians Clear Pot From Criminal RecordsClinics Help Californians Clear Pot From Criminal Records
Photo Pixabay Free expungement clinics including one happening this Saturday in Los Angeles are providing California citizens with the opportunity to remove cannabis crimes from ...
Photo Pixabay Free expungement clinics including one happening this Saturday in Los Angeles are providing California citizens with the opportunity to remove ...
“The biggest grow I’ve ever seen”: California cops bust multimillion-dollar weed “fortress”
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December 14, 2017
“The biggest grow I’ve ever seen”: California cops bust multimillion-dollar weed “fortr...“The biggest grow I’ve ever seen”: California cops bust multimillio...“The biggest grow I’ve ever seen”: California cops bust multimillion-dollar weed “fortress”
By Michael Balsamo, the Associated Press LOS ANGELES Police in Southern California raided a weed fortress on Wednesday, seizing 35,000 marijuana plants and shutting down an operation they believe was bri ...
By Michael Balsamo, the Associated Press LOS ANGELES Police in Southern California raided a weed fortress on Wednesday, seizing 35,000 marijuana plants and shutting down an operation ...
Top marijuana regulator says California’s enforcement needs to be flexible at first
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December 26, 2017
Top marijuana regulator says California’s enforcement needs to be flexible at firstTop marijuana regulator says California’s enforcement needs to be f...Top marijuana regulator says California’s enforcement needs to be flexible at first
By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Californias legal cannabis market opens for business on Jan. 1. The day will be a milestone, but what exactly will happen then and, especially, in t ...
By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Californias legal cannabis market opens for business on Jan. 1. The day will be a milestone, but what exactly will happen then a ...
California Highway Patrol arrests drivers of licensed cannabis company van
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December 28, 2017
California Highway Patrol arrests drivers of licensed cannabis company vanCalifornia Highway Patrol arrests drivers of licensed cannabis comp...California Highway Patrol arrests drivers of licensed cannabis company van
By Michael Balsamo and Don Thompson, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, where local authoritie ...
By Michael Balsamo and Don Thompson, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, wh ...
How big of a hit will California’s medical marijuana market take from adult-use sales?
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December 28, 2017
How big of a hit will California’s medical marijuana market take from adult-use sales?How big of a hit will California’s medical marijuana market take fr...How big of a hit will California’s medical marijuana market take from adult-use sales?
By John Rogers, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES When Elias Zaldivar was an 18-year-old college freshman and decided he was in the market for marijuana, he knew just how to get it, and it didnt involve ...
By John Rogers, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES When Elias Zaldivar was an 18-year-old college freshman and decided he was in the market for marijuana, he knew just how to get it, a ...
Happy New Year! Legal Adult Marijuana Sales Start in California
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January 01, 2018
Happy New Year! Legal Adult Marijuana Sales Start in CaliforniaHappy New Year! Legal Adult Marijuana Sales Start in CaliforniaHappy New Year! Legal Adult Marijuana Sales Start in California
Phillip Smith | January 1, 2018 The worlds largest legal marijuana economy gets underway on January 1, as Californias voter-approved law legalizing recreational marijuana commerce goes into effect. Its ...
Phillip Smith | January 1, 2018 The worlds largest legal marijuana economy gets underway on January 1, as Californias voter-approved law legalizing recreational marijuana commerce go ...
Legal marijuana in California brings host of environmental rules
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January 01, 2018
Legal marijuana in California brings host of environmental rulesLegal marijuana in California brings host of environmental rulesLegal marijuana in California brings host of environmental rules
By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. At a state briefing on environmental rules that await growers entering Californias soon-to-be-legal marijuana trade, organic farmers Ulysses Anth ...
By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. At a state briefing on environmental rules that await growers entering Californias soon-to-be-legal marijuana trade, organic ...
California Begins Legal Retail Marijuana Sales to Adults
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January 05, 2018
California Begins Legal Retail Marijuana Sales to AdultsCalifornia Begins Legal Retail Marijuana Sales to AdultsCalifornia Begins Legal Retail Marijuana Sales to Adults
NORML | January 5, 2018 SACRAMENTO, CA Select retailersbegan engaging in adult use marijuana sales on January 1. California joins Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in permitting cannabis ...
NORML | January 5, 2018 SACRAMENTO, CA Select retailersbegan engaging in adult use marijuana sales on January 1. California joins Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in ...
Legal pot in California will test the state’s supply pipeline
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January 07, 2018
Legal pot in California will test the state’s supply pipelineLegal pot in California will test the state’s supply pipelineLegal pot in California will test the state’s supply pipeline
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Most Californians with an urge to smoke a joint will enter the states legal marijuana marketplace through a single doorway at a retail shop. But out of view of those ...
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Most Californians with an urge to smoke a joint will enter the states legal marijuana marketplace through a single doorway at a retail shop. But o ...
Alliance of California marijuana growers file lawsuit to block vast cultivation operations
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January 24, 2018
Alliance of California marijuana growers file lawsuit to block vast cultivation operationsAlliance of California marijuana growers file lawsuit to block vast...Alliance of California marijuana growers file lawsuit to block vast cultivation operations
By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES An alliance of California marijuana growers filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block state rules that they fear could open the way for vast farms that would ...
By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES An alliance of California marijuana growers filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block state rules that they fear could open the way for v ...
California’s marijuana czar predicts supply will be “depleted” at some point
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February 05, 2018
California’s marijuana czar predicts supply will be “depleted” at some pointCalifornia’s marijuana czar predicts supply will be “depleted” at s...California’s marijuana czar predicts supply will be “depleted” at some point
By Brad Branan, The Sacramento Bee Californias top cannabis regulator said the state deserves credit for a successful rollout of retail marijuana sales, but acknowledged that significant issues loom in t ...
By Brad Branan, The Sacramento Bee Californias top cannabis regulator said the state deserves credit for a successful rollout of retail marijuana sales, but acknowledged that signific ...
California Bill Would Allow Probation for Non-Violent Drug Offenses
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February 08, 2018
California Bill Would Allow Probation for Non-Violent Drug OffensesCalifornia Bill Would Allow Probation for Non-Violent Drug OffensesCalifornia Bill Would Allow Probation for Non-Violent Drug Offenses
An overcrowded state prison in California. (California Department of Corrections) Drug Policy Alliance | February 8, 2018 The California State Legislature will consider a bill to allow judges to order p ...
An overcrowded state prison in California. (California Department of Corrections) Drug Policy Alliance | February 8, 2018 The California State Legislature will consider a bill to all ...
Report: California marijuana growers lagging in getting licenses
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February 20, 2018
Report: California marijuana growers lagging in getting licensesReport: California marijuana growers lagging in getting licensesReport: California marijuana growers lagging in getting licenses
By John Rogers, Associated Press LOS ANGELES Nearly two months after recreational marijuana became legal in California, less than 1 percent of the states known growers have been licensed, according to a ...
By John Rogers, Associated Press LOS ANGELES Nearly two months after recreational marijuana became legal in California, less than 1 percent of the states known growers have been lice ...
California's Marijuana Farmers Are Slow to Join the Legal, Regulated System
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February 26, 2018
California's Marijuana Farmers Are Slow to Join the Legal, Regulated SystemCalifornia's Marijuana Farmers Are Slow to Join the Legal, Regulate...California's Marijuana Farmers Are Slow to Join the Legal, Regulated System
Phillip Smith | February 26, 2018 The vast majority of Californias marijuana growers have yet to try to move into the states new legal regulatory framework, leaving big questions looming around whether ...
Phillip Smith | February 26, 2018 The vast majority of Californias marijuana growers have yet to try to move into the states new legal regulatory framework, leaving big questions loo ...
California could cut marijuana taxes to lure consumers away from black market
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March 15, 2018
California could cut marijuana taxes to lure consumers away from black marketCalifornia could cut marijuana taxes to lure consumers away from bl...California could cut marijuana taxes to lure consumers away from black market
By Michael R. Blood and Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Less than three months after California launched legal marijuana sales for adults, the state could consider temporarily slashing ...
By Michael R. Blood and Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Less than three months after California launched legal marijuana sales for adults, the state could consider ...
California medical marijuana recommendation provides legal immunity in Arizona, court rules
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March 15, 2018
California medical marijuana recommendation provides legal immunity in Arizona, court r...California medical marijuana recommendation provides legal immunity...California medical marijuana recommendation provides legal immunity in Arizona, court rules
By The Associated Press PHOENIX An Arizona Court of Appeals ruling says a mans medical marijuana recommendation letter obtained from a physician under Californias medical marijuana law provides the same ...
By The Associated Press PHOENIX An Arizona Court of Appeals ruling says a mans medical marijuana recommendation letter obtained from a physician under Californias medical marijuana la ...
California’s “largest marijuana business landlord” sues city over regulations
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March 27, 2018
California’s “largest marijuana business landlord” sues city over regulationsCalifornia’s “largest marijuana business landlord” sues city over r...California’s “largest marijuana business landlord” sues city over regulations
LOS ANGELES (AP) A woman who owns a business that claims to be Californias largest landlord of marijuana businesses sued the city of San Bernardino to overturn its pot regulation ordinance that could bar ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) A woman who owns a business that claims to be Californias largest landlord of marijuana businesses sued the city of San Bernardino to overturn its pot regulation ordin ...
Remember that company developing a marijuana resort in California? They’re selling the town to an oil company.
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March 27, 2018
Remember that company developing a marijuana resort in California? They’re selling the ...Remember that company developing a marijuana resort in California? ...Remember that company developing a marijuana resort in California? They’re selling the town to an oil company.
LOS ANGELES Could plans to turn an old California ghost town into a marijuana mecca be going up in smoke? Cannabis technology company American Green, which bought Nipton for $5 million last year, has sol ...
LOS ANGELES Could plans to turn an old California ghost town into a marijuana mecca be going up in smoke? Cannabis technology company American Green, which bought Nipton for $5 millio ...
Plans for California marijuana resort “on the back burner” after town sold to oil company
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March 28, 2018
Plans for California marijuana resort “on the back burner” after town sold to oil companyPlans for California marijuana resort “on the back burner” after to...Plans for California marijuana resort “on the back burner” after town sold to oil company
LOS ANGELES Niptons new swimming hole is under construction, booze is returning to the restaurant and lottery tickets are being sold again at the ghost towns general store. But it likely will be some tim ...
LOS ANGELES Niptons new swimming hole is under construction, booze is returning to the restaurant and lottery tickets are being sold again at the ghost towns general store. But it lik ...
Teen Marijuana Use in California Declines Sharply Post-Legalization
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August 22, 2018
Teen Marijuana Use in California Declines Sharply Post-LegalizationTeen Marijuana Use in California Declines Sharply Post-LegalizationTeen Marijuana Use in California Declines Sharply Post-Legalization
NORML | August 22, 2018 Marijuana use by adolescents continues to decline in California, according to statewidedataprovided by the California Healthy Kids Survey, a biennial survey funded by the Departm ...
NORML | August 22, 2018 Marijuana use by adolescents continues to decline in California, according to statewidedataprovided by the California Healthy Kids Survey, a biennial survey f ...
Teen Marijuana Use Declines in Post-Legalization California
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August 27, 2018
Teen Marijuana Use Declines in Post-Legalization CaliforniaTeen Marijuana Use Declines in Post-Legalization CaliforniaTeen Marijuana Use Declines in Post-Legalization California
NORML | August 27, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Marijuana use by adolescents continues to decline in California, according to statewide data provided by the California Healthy Kids Survey, a biennial survey ...
NORML | August 27, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Marijuana use by adolescents continues to decline in California, according to statewide data provided by the California Healthy Kids Survey ...
California's Illegal Weed Industry Is Doing Better Than Ever
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September 05, 2018
California's Illegal Weed Industry Is Doing Better Than EverCalifornia's Illegal Weed Industry Is Doing Better Than EverCalifornia's Illegal Weed Industry Is Doing Better Than Ever
It was 2004 when William P. first got into the weed game. He was 18 years old and spent much of his life on the road, traveling between Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Diego to deliver chocolate edibles an ...
It was 2004 when William P. first got into the weed game. He was 18 years old and spent much of his life on the road, traveling between Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Diego to deliver ...
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