Steinberg would be the first mayor of a major city to give California’s marijuana legalization initiative the thumbs up.
Yummy gummy bears, gooey brownies. These are just some of the ways marijuana could be marketed to your kids on TV, opponents say.
“While many people believe that marijuana is essentially legal in California, data show us that thousands continue to be arrested annually for marijuana activities,” a representative from the Drug Policy Alliance said.
Same days, different poll, different result. Depending on whom you ask, recreational cannabis either will coast to victory or barely survive election day.
Many California voters seem to be having second thoughts about recreational cannabis. New poll results show support for Prop.
Some law enforcement personnel in California have reportedly begun testing new technology that claims to detect consumption of pot the same way breathalyzers detect alcohol.
Increased revenue is a major motivation for supporting the measure, the Orange County Register notes. But unlike Colorado where pot revenues are put towards education facilities, roads and city budgets, Proposition 64 guarantees no such funding for local governments or schools.
Backed by wealthy venture capitalists and business interests eager to see California expand its huge cannabis market, Prop. 64 has no problems raising money.
Forget the old notion that marijuana is a ‘gateway’ to hard drugs like heroin.
California’s marijuana reform efforts can only go so far.
California’s chief cannabis regulator Lori Ajax announced a temporary state licensing program for marijuana businesses Thursday during her keynote address before the California Cannabis Business Co
