This blunder on new California marijuana law could cost state millions
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November 16, 2016
This blunder on new California marijuana law could cost state millionsThis blunder on new California marijuana law could cost state millionsThis blunder on new California marijuana law could cost state millions
By Keith Humphreys, Special To The Washington Post Benjamin Franklin said that taxes, like death, are one of lifes few certainties. But due to a glitch in the technical language of Californias successful ...
By Keith Humphreys, Special To The Washington Post Benjamin Franklin said that taxes, like death, are one of lifes few certainties. But due to a glitch in the technical language of Ca ...
California Legalizes, Cue the Local Bans
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November 17, 2016
California Legalizes, Cue the Local BansCalifornia Legalizes, Cue the Local BansCalifornia Legalizes, Cue the Local Bans
California is going to have a patchwork of local cannabis bans and regulations Weve blogged previously about California cities and counties enacting bans on medical marijuana activities following the pass ...
California is going to have a patchwork of local cannabis bans and regulations Weve blogged previously about California cities and counties enacting bans on medical marijuana activitie ...
Answering 10 common California marijuana questions in the legal weed era
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November 17, 2016
Answering 10 common California marijuana questions in the legal weed eraAnswering 10 common California marijuana questions in the legal wee...Answering 10 common California marijuana questions in the legal weed era
By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Its been almost a week since Californians voted to legalize recreational marijuana, and weve received a steady flow of questions from readers asking everything ...
By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Its been almost a week since Californians voted to legalize recreational marijuana, and weve received a steady flow of questions from reader ...
Pot POWs Head Home as AUMA Opens the Gates for California Cannabis Prisoners
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November 17, 2016
Pot POWs Head Home as AUMA Opens the Gates for California Cannabis PrisonersPot POWs Head Home as AUMA Opens the Gates for California Cannabis ...Pot POWs Head Home as AUMA Opens the Gates for California Cannabis Prisoners
PHOTO Gracie Malley Nuts and bolts policy arguments characterized much of the often-heated debate surroundingCalifornias Adult Use Of Marijuana act. But when Californianswent to ...
PHOTO Gracie Malley Nuts and bolts policy arguments characterized much of the often-heated debate surroundingCalifornias Adult Use Of Marijuana act. But when ...
Why a tax break for California medical marijuana patients may be short-lived
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November 21, 2016
Why a tax break for California medical marijuana patients may be short-livedWhy a tax break for California medical marijuana patients may be sh...Why a tax break for California medical marijuana patients may be short-lived
By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian An early tax break for California medical marijuana patients may be short-lived, with state leaders rushing to reverse a recent ruling that could cost the state ...
By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian An early tax break for California medical marijuana patients may be short-lived, with state leaders rushing to reverse a recent ruling that ...
California (Accidentally) Creates a Marijuana Tax Holiday
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November 23, 2016
California (Accidentally) Creates a Marijuana Tax HolidayCalifornia (Accidentally) Creates a Marijuana Tax HolidayCalifornia (Accidentally) Creates a Marijuana Tax Holiday
California officially legalized recreational cannabis on November 8, 2016 through Proposition 64, and the next day several provisions under the initiative went into effect. Cannabis users in California ov ...
California officially legalized recreational cannabis on November 8, 2016 through Proposition 64, and the next day several provisions under the initiative went into effect. Cannabis us ...
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 ...
Dispensaries and the New Legal Niches of Marijuana in California
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May 12, 2017
Dispensaries and the New Legal Niches of Marijuana in CaliforniaDispensaries and the New Legal Niches of Marijuana in CaliforniaDispensaries and the New Legal Niches of Marijuana in California
William Smith | May 12, 2017 It is no secret that the legal framework concerning Cannabis in the Unites States of America is rapidly changing the last years. The cannabis industry is now the fastest gro ...
William Smith | May 12, 2017 It is no secret that the legal framework concerning Cannabis in the Unites States of America is rapidly changing the last years. The cannabis industry is ...
California Cannabis Banking: The Next Stages
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May 14, 2017
California Cannabis Banking: The Next StagesCalifornia Cannabis Banking: The Next StagesCalifornia Cannabis Banking: The Next Stages
Political change comes in fits and starts. Cannabis laws did incredibly well at the state level in the 2016 election cycle, but it looks like we are going to be facing the status quo at the federal level ...
Political change comes in fits and starts. Cannabis laws did incredibly well at the state level in the 2016 election cycle, but it looks like we are going to be facing the status quo a ...
California cannabis farmers express concerns at regulatory hearings
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May 17, 2017
California cannabis farmers express concerns at regulatory hearingsCalifornia cannabis farmers express concerns at regulatory hearingsCalifornia cannabis farmers express concerns at regulatory hearings
By Brooke Edward Staggs, The Cannifornian Limits on farm sizes, renewable energy mandates and a lack of clarity on rules for tribal lands were among the concerns raised by 100 or so cannabis cultivators ...
By Brooke Edward Staggs, The Cannifornian Limits on farm sizes, renewable energy mandates and a lack of clarity on rules for tribal lands were among the concerns raised by 100 or so c ...
Edibles feast: Companies ready to grab a big piece of California’s recreational marijuana market
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May 30, 2017
Edibles feast: Companies ready to grab a big piece of California’s recreational marijua...Edibles feast: Companies ready to grab a big piece of California’s ...Edibles feast: Companies ready to grab a big piece of California’s recreational marijuana market
By Marisa Kendall, Bay Area News Group Adding cannabis to everything from iced coffee to breath mints, local startups are jockeying for a bite of Californias growing marijuana edibles market as the state ...
By Marisa Kendall, Bay Area News Group Adding cannabis to everything from iced coffee to breath mints, local startups are jockeying for a bite of Californias growing marijuana edibles ...
California's Legal Pot Law Is Helping Give Felons Their Lives Back
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June 12, 2017
California's Legal Pot Law Is Helping Give Felons Their Lives BackCalifornia's Legal Pot Law Is Helping Give Felons Their Lives BackCalifornia's Legal Pot Law Is Helping Give Felons Their Lives Back
With the passage of Proposition 64 in November, Californians were finally free to enjoy recreational marijuana. For average stoners, this meant being free from the fiction that the weed they purchased wa ...
With the passage of Proposition 64 in November, Californians were finally free to enjoy recreational marijuana. For average stoners, this meant being free from the fiction that the we ...
California Medical Cannabis Edibles: What’s Okay and What’s Not
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June 13, 2017
California Medical Cannabis Edibles: What’s Okay and What’s NotCalifornia Medical Cannabis Edibles: What’s Okay and What’s NotCalifornia Medical Cannabis Edibles: What’s Okay and What’s Not
California cannabis edibles: just say no to butter Ifyou missed our webinar last week on Californias new medical cannabis rules and you just cant wait for us to publish the recording here on the blog (com ...
California cannabis edibles: just say no to butter Ifyou missed our webinar last week on Californias new medical cannabis rules and you just cant wait for us to publish the recording h ...
BREAKING NEWS: California Passes SB 94 Regulating Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis
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June 15, 2017
BREAKING NEWS: California Passes SB 94 Regulating Medicinal and Adult Use CannabisBREAKING NEWS: California Passes SB 94 Regulating Medicinal and Adu...BREAKING NEWS: California Passes SB 94 Regulating Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis
California just came out with its Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) The California Legislature today passed Senate Bill 94, which effectively repeals the Medical Cannabi ...
California just came out with its Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) The California Legislature today passed Senate Bill 94, which effectively repeals ...
California’s new cannabis rules create path to organic grows, delivery, regional naming and more
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June 15, 2017
California’s new cannabis rules create path to organic grows, delivery, regional naming...California’s new cannabis rules create path to organic grows, deliv...California’s new cannabis rules create path to organic grows, delivery, regional naming and more
By Jonathan J. Cooper, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. California would set standards for organic marijuana, allow pot samples at county fairs and permit home deliveries under legislation set to ...
By Jonathan J. Cooper, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. California would set standards for organic marijuana, allow pot samples at county fairs and permit home deliveries unde ...
California’s 5 Worst Cities and Counties for Commercial Cannabis
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June 23, 2017
California’s 5 Worst Cities and Counties for Commercial CannabisCalifornia’s 5 Worst Cities and Counties for Commercial CannabisCalifornia’s 5 Worst Cities and Counties for Commercial Cannabis
There have been countlessreports of how Californias medical and adult use cannabis markets under the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (now, combined under the ...
There have been countlessreports of how Californias medical and adult use cannabis markets under the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (now, ...
California Cannabis Countdown: San Francisco
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July 24, 2017
California Cannabis Countdown: San FranciscoCalifornia Cannabis Countdown: San FranciscoCalifornia Cannabis Countdown: San Francisco
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 plan to ...
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 ...
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