How California legalization helps those already in the criminal justice system
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November 25, 2016
How California legalization helps those already in the criminal justice systemHow California legalization helps those already in the criminal jus...How California legalization helps those already in the criminal justice system
By Lisa M. Krieger, Mercury News Before Election Day, San Bruno software engineer Stephen Zyszkiewicz was busted on a charge of possessing marijuana with intent to sell a felony that could have put him ...
By Lisa M. Krieger, Mercury News Before Election Day, San Bruno software engineer Stephen Zyszkiewicz was busted on a charge of possessing marijuana with intent to sell a felony that ...
Are California MMJ Dispensaries Already Selling Recreational Marijuana?
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November 27, 2016
Are California MMJ Dispensaries Already Selling Recreational Marijuana?Are California MMJ Dispensaries Already Selling Recreational Mariju...Are California MMJ Dispensaries Already Selling Recreational Marijuana?
Californias newfound cannabis trade is not supposed to be up and running until sometime around 2018, but allegedly, that hasnt prevented some dispensaries from selling recreational reefer in the same man ...
Californias newfound cannabis trade is not supposed to be up and running until sometime around 2018, but allegedly, that hasnt prevented some dispensaries from selling recreational re ...
Recreational Cannabis in California: Sharing is Caring, Buying is Illegal
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December 01, 2016
Recreational Cannabis in California: Sharing is Caring, Buying is IllegalRecreational Cannabis in California: Sharing is Caring, Buying is I...Recreational Cannabis in California: Sharing is Caring, Buying is Illegal
Since Proposition 64 passed earlier this month, there have already been reportsof dispensaries selling recreational cannabis to adults without a physicians recommendation. However, for those who believe t ...
Since Proposition 64 passed earlier this month, there have already been reportsof dispensaries selling recreational cannabis to adults without a physicians recommendation. However, for ...
California Wants Trump To Relax Laws That Slow Growth In Cannabis Economy
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December 05, 2016
California Wants Trump To Relax Laws That Slow Growth In Cannabis EconomyCalifornia Wants Trump To Relax Laws That Slow Growth In Cannabis E...California Wants Trump To Relax Laws That Slow Growth In Cannabis Economy
California Treasurer John Chiang has appealed to President-elect Donald Trump for guidance on how the states projected $7-billion marijuana industry can participate in the nations banking ...
California Treasurer John Chiang has appealed to President-elect Donald Trump for guidance on how the states projected $7-billion marijuana industry can participate in ...
California Treasurer Asks Trump for Guidance on Pot, Banking
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December 04, 2016
California Treasurer Asks Trump for Guidance on Pot, BankingCalifornia Treasurer Asks Trump for Guidance on Pot, BankingCalifornia Treasurer Asks Trump for Guidance on Pot, Banking
BY MICHAEL R. BLOOD ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) California Treasurer John Chiang on Friday appealed to President-elect Donald Trump for guidance on how the states projected $7 billion mari ...
BY MICHAEL R. BLOOD ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) California Treasurer John Chiang on Friday appealed to President-elect Donald Trump for guidance on how the states proje ...
Legal California cannabis could deliver $1 billion in pot taxes. Here’s how they’ll spend it
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December 04, 2016
Legal California cannabis could deliver $1 billion in pot taxes. Here’s how they’ll spe...Legal California cannabis could deliver $1 billion in pot taxes. He...Legal California cannabis could deliver $1 billion in pot taxes. Here’s how they’ll spend it
By The Cannabist Staff Its estimated that legalized recreational marijuana in California will deliver $1 billion in sales tax revenues annually to the state. Some of the target sources for the funds incl ...
By The Cannabist Staff Its estimated that legalized recreational marijuana in California will deliver $1 billion in sales tax revenues annually to the state. Some of the target source ...
How To Get Your Medical Marijuana Card in California
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December 06, 2016
How To Get Your Medical Marijuana Card in CaliforniaHow To Get Your Medical Marijuana Card in CaliforniaHow To Get Your Medical Marijuana Card in California
The next installment in our How to Get Medical Marijuana series takes us to California. With the combined enactment of Proposition 215 in 1996 (also called the Compassionate Use Act) and California Sena ...
The next installment in our How to Get Medical Marijuana series takes us to California. With the combined enactment of Proposition 215 in 1996 (also called the Compassionate Use Act) ...
The Most Marijuana-Unfriendly Place In California
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December 07, 2016
The Most Marijuana-Unfriendly Place In CaliforniaThe Most Marijuana-Unfriendly Place In CaliforniaThe Most Marijuana-Unfriendly Place In California
When most Americans think of California, the southern San Joaquin Valleyflat and dusty, full of industrial agriculture and conservative values, where the only fruits and nuts grow on trees and are shippe ...
When most Americans think of California, the southern San Joaquin Valleyflat and dusty, full of industrial agriculture and conservative values, where the only fruits and nuts grow on ...
State of Cannabis: California
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December 11, 2016
State of Cannabis: CaliforniaState of Cannabis: CaliforniaState of Cannabis: California
Thisis provingto be a big year for cannabis. As a result, we are ranking the fifty states from worst to best on how they treat cannabis and those who consume it. Each of our State of Cannabis posts will a ...
Thisis provingto be a big year for cannabis. As a result, we are ranking the fifty states from worst to best on how they treat cannabis and those who consume it. Each of our State of C ...
California State Licensing: Possible Delays
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December 14, 2016
California State Licensing: Possible DelaysCalifornia State Licensing: Possible DelaysCalifornia State Licensing: Possible Delays
California Cannabis: possibly delays. Though Californiaofficially legalizedcannabis last month, those hoping to walk into a dispensary and legally purchase recreational cannabis will have to wait until ...
California Cannabis: possibly delays. Though Californiaofficially legalizedcannabis last month, those hoping to walk into a dispensary and legally purchase recreational cannabis wil ...
California Cannabis Banking: What Will Happen?
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December 15, 2016
California Cannabis Banking: What Will Happen?California Cannabis Banking: What Will Happen?California Cannabis Banking: What Will Happen?
Now that California will have significant regulation of both its medical and adult use cannabis industries under the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and Proposition 64 (the Adult Use of Marijua ...
Now that California will have significant regulation of both its medical and adult use cannabis industries under the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and Proposition 64 (the ...
This California town will charge home growers $141 for the privilege
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December 27, 2016
This California town will charge home growers $141 for the privilegeThis California town will charge home growers $141 for the privilegeThis California town will charge home growers $141 for the privilege
By Daniel M. Jimenez, Bay Area News Group A small Southern California town is moving to require a costly permit for residents who want to grow marijuana in their own homes. The Desert Sun reports that th ...
By Daniel M. Jimenez, Bay Area News Group A small Southern California town is moving to require a costly permit for residents who want to grow marijuana in their own homes. The Desert ...
Protect yo-self: California dispensaries unionize as marijuana legalization moves forward
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December 28, 2016
Protect yo-self: California dispensaries unionize as marijuana legalization moves forwardProtect yo-self: California dispensaries unionize as marijuana lega...Protect yo-self: California dispensaries unionize as marijuana legalization moves forward
By Jason Henry, The Cannifornian Roughly 20 employees at two marijuana dispensaries operating without permits in Pasadena have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 770, as further ev ...
By Jason Henry, The Cannifornian Roughly 20 employees at two marijuana dispensaries operating without permits in Pasadena have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Loca ...
California Cannabis: A Ban on Billboard Ads
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December 29, 2016
California Cannabis: A Ban on Billboard AdsCalifornia Cannabis: A Ban on Billboard AdsCalifornia Cannabis: A Ban on Billboard Ads
A new California bill, Assembly Bill 64, is currently being considered by California legislators. AB 64 would amend the marijuana advertising rules under Proposition 64 (aka the Adult Use of Marijuana Act ...
A new California bill, Assembly Bill 64, is currently being considered by California legislators. AB 64 would amend the marijuana advertising rules under Proposition 64 (aka the Adult ...
What you need to know about a new California bill that could ban weed use while driving
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December 29, 2016
What you need to know about a new California bill that could ban weed use while drivingWhat you need to know about a new California bill that could ban we...What you need to know about a new California bill that could ban weed use while driving
By Lisa M. Krieger, The Cannifornian Newly introduced legislation seeks to ban behavior not addressed by Californias new pot law: Toking while driving. Its currently illegal to have an open container of ...
By Lisa M. Krieger, The Cannifornian Newly introduced legislation seeks to ban behavior not addressed by Californias new pot law: Toking while driving. Its currently illegal to have a ...
California Cannabis: DUI Means Marijuana Too
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January 04, 2017
California Cannabis: DUI Means Marijuana TooCalifornia Cannabis: DUI Means Marijuana TooCalifornia Cannabis: DUI Means Marijuana Too
Proposition 64 (Prop 64 or the Adult Use of Marijuana Act), which passed last November and legalized recreational cannabis use throughout California, included stricter laws regarding driving while high. ...
Proposition 64 (Prop 64 or the Adult Use of Marijuana Act), which passed last November and legalized recreational cannabis use throughout California, included stricter laws regarding ...
California’s new attorney general gearing up to defend legal weed, other policies
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January 05, 2017
California’s new attorney general gearing up to defend legal weed, other policiesCalifornia’s new attorney general gearing up to defend legal weed, ...California’s new attorney general gearing up to defend legal weed, other policies
By Jonathan J. Cooper, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday nominated Xavier Becerra to be Californias next attorney general, beginning what is likely to be a smooth confi ...
By Jonathan J. Cooper, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday nominated Xavier Becerra to be Californias next attorney general, beginning what is likely ...
Smoking Bud At the Wheel is (Kind Of) Legal in California
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January 05, 2017
Smoking Bud At the Wheel is (Kind Of) Legal in CaliforniaSmoking Bud At the Wheel is (Kind Of) Legal in CaliforniaSmoking Bud At the Wheel is (Kind Of) Legal in California
Californias DUI laws already outlaw cannabis intoxication at the wheel, and Prop 64 (the states recently adopted adult use legalization law) explicitly bans open containers of marijuana in a moving car. ...
Californias DUI laws already outlaw cannabis intoxication at the wheel, and Prop 64 (the states recently adopted adult use legalization law) explicitly bans open containers of mariju ...
California cannabis growers call for changes to Prop. 64 harvest tax
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January 10, 2017
California cannabis growers call for changes to Prop. 64 harvest taxCalifornia cannabis growers call for changes to Prop. 64 harvest taxCalifornia cannabis growers call for changes to Prop. 64 harvest tax
By Will Houston, Eureka Times-Standard State legislators and cannabis cultivators alike are calling for legislative changes to Californias recently passed recreational marijuana legalization measure Prop ...
By Will Houston, Eureka Times-Standard State legislators and cannabis cultivators alike are calling for legislative changes to Californias recently passed recreational marijuana legal ...
California Registries of Home Growers: Unreasonable, Unsafe or Unconstitutional?
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January 13, 2017
California Registries of Home Growers: Unreasonable, Unsafe or Unconstitutional?California Registries of Home Growers: Unreasonable, Unsafe or Unco...California Registries of Home Growers: Unreasonable, Unsafe or Unconstitutional?
Proposition 64 states that adults in California age 21 and older may legally possess, plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process up to six marijuana plants as well as possess the marijuana produced from t ...
Proposition 64 states that adults in California age 21 and older may legally possess, plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process up to six marijuana plants as well as possess the marij ...
Selling Recreational Cannabis in California: Illegal Now, Risky for Your Future
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January 18, 2017
Selling Recreational Cannabis in California: Illegal Now, Risky for Your FutureSelling Recreational Cannabis in California: Illegal Now, Risky for...Selling Recreational Cannabis in California: Illegal Now, Risky for Your Future
Since Proposition 64 passed last November, there has beena spike in reports of California dispensaries advertising their willingness to sell recreational cannabis to anyone 21 years and older with only a ...
Since Proposition 64 passed last November, there has beena spike in reports of California dispensaries advertising their willingness to sell recreational cannabis to anyone 21 years an ...
California cannabis farms could soon be a reality
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January 20, 2017
California cannabis farms could soon be a realityCalifornia cannabis farms could soon be a realityCalifornia cannabis farms could soon be a reality
By Angela Ruggiero, Bay Area News Group DUBLIN, Calif. As if Californias cows werent happy already, Alameda County is developing rules on allowing the cultivation of marijuana in outlying rural areas. A ...
By Angela Ruggiero, Bay Area News Group DUBLIN, Calif. As if Californias cows werent happy already, Alameda County is developing rules on allowing the cultivation of marijuana in out ...
California marijuana business owners in legal fog as they await statewide rules
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January 23, 2017
California marijuana business owners in legal fog as they await statewide rulesCalifornia marijuana business owners in legal fog as they await sta...California marijuana business owners in legal fog as they await statewide rules
By Bart Schaneman The absence of statewide medical marijuana regulationsfollowing passage of Californias recreationalcannabis ballot measure has put existing MJ business owners in legal limbo, making it ...
By Bart Schaneman The absence of statewide medical marijuana regulationsfollowing passage of Californias recreationalcannabis ballot measure has put existing MJ business owners in leg ...
Update: California Legislators at Work on State Licensing Program
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January 25, 2017
Update: California Legislators at Work on State Licensing ProgramUpdate: California Legislators at Work on State Licensing ProgramUpdate: California Legislators at Work on State Licensing Program
On January 18, 2017, California state regulators attended a cannabis event in Sacramento to discuss cannabis policy and what lies ahead for California. Though previous reports indicated that California ca ...
On January 18, 2017, California state regulators attended a cannabis event in Sacramento to discuss cannabis policy and what lies ahead for California. Though previous reports indicate ...
The connoisseur-grade cannabis market is real, and here’s how Californians are leading the charge
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January 25, 2017
The connoisseur-grade cannabis market is real, and here’s how Californians are leading ...The connoisseur-grade cannabis market is real, and here’s how Calif...The connoisseur-grade cannabis market is real, and here’s how Californians are leading the charge
By The Cannabist Staff Call it the Humboldt effect. California and notably its weed-friendly county of Humboldt in the Emerald Triangle are oft-regarded throughout the cannabis industry as epicenters of m ...
By The Cannabist Staff Call it the Humboldt effect. California and notably its weed-friendly county of Humboldt in the Emerald Triangle are oft-regarded throughout the cannabis industr ...
California Is Building A $7-Billion Cannabis Economy
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January 30, 2017
California Is Building A $7-Billion Cannabis EconomyCalifornia Is Building A $7-Billion Cannabis EconomyCalifornia Is Building A $7-Billion Cannabis Economy
The future of Californias legal marijuana industry is being shaped in a warren of cubicles tucked inside a retired basketball arena, where a garden of paper cannabis leaves sprouts on fil ...
The future of Californias legal marijuana industry is being shaped in a warren of cubicles tucked inside a retired basketball arena, where a garden of paper cannabis l ...
The marijuana industry’s many faces: Q&A with California Minority Alliance co-founder Virgil Grant
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January 30, 2017
The marijuana industry’s many faces: Q&A with California Minority Alliance co-founder V...The marijuana industry’s many faces: Q&A with California Minority A...The marijuana industry’s many faces: Q&A with California Minority Alliance co-founder Virgil Grant
By John Schroyer Virgil Grant has been a staple in the Los Angeles cannabis industry since 2002, having run six unlicensed dispensaries before spending nearly five years in jail. His legal issues starte ...
By John Schroyer Virgil Grant has been a staple in the Los Angeles cannabis industry since 2002, having run six unlicensed dispensaries before spending nearly five years in jail. His ...
‘There’s been a lot of skepticism’: Legislators, regulators press need for urgency on California marijuana laws
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February 01, 2017
‘There’s been a lot of skepticism’: Legislators, regulators press need for urgency on C...‘There’s been a lot of skepticism’: Legislators, regulators press n...‘There’s been a lot of skepticism’: Legislators, regulators press need for urgency on California marijuana laws
By Lisa M. Krieger, Bay Area News Group Jan. 1 may seem like a long time to wait for weed. But the rollout of California marijuana and its legal retail sales which until recently seemed fated for delay ...
By Lisa M. Krieger, Bay Area News Group Jan. 1 may seem like a long time to wait for weed. But the rollout of California marijuana and its legal retail sales which until recently see ...
California Marijuana Licensing: New Doubts on Meeting 2018 Deadline
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February 02, 2017
California Marijuana Licensing: New Doubts on Meeting 2018 DeadlineCalifornia Marijuana Licensing: New Doubts on Meeting 2018 DeadlineCalifornia Marijuana Licensing: New Doubts on Meeting 2018 Deadline
We previously wrote about possible delays to Californias cannabis state licensing program due to conflicts between the states new medical and recreational lawsunder the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Saf ...
We previously wrote about possible delays to Californias cannabis state licensing program due to conflicts between the states new medical and recreational lawsunder the Medical Cannabi ...
We now know how much pro- and anti-Prop 64 California marijuana campaigns spent
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February 02, 2017
We now know how much pro- and anti-Prop 64 California marijuana campaigns spentWe now know how much pro- and anti-Prop 64 California marijuana cam...We now know how much pro- and anti-Prop 64 California marijuana campaigns spent
By Sophia Bollag, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Campaign committees raised a record $466 million to influence proposals on the 2016 ballot in California from legalizing marijuana to limiting presc ...
By Sophia Bollag, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Campaign committees raised a record $466 million to influence proposals on the 2016 ballot in California from legalizing marijua ...
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