Cannabis sales from the 15 states that have legalized recreational marijuana hit $17.5 billion in 2020.
It’s been 10 months since Oakland’s Purple Heart dispensary was hit by thieves. It was one of several pot shops targeted in an organized crime spree during summer protests over racial justice.
Drug cartels, the DEA complains, use hemp — as well and state legal cannabis — as a cover for illegal operations.
Today marks the start of public hearings on proposed changes to Sonoma County’s Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Ordinance. All signs point to a contentious fight.
Government bureaucracy is the reason so many businesses are operating without permanent licenses in the first place. In 2018, the state launched a stopgap program in response to a permitting backlog. Now its beneficiaries are learning they aren’t entitled to the right of due process in the eyes of the state.
AB 1256 would ban employers from using urine or hair follicle cannabis testing to reject prospective employees.
“We need to slow this down so we get it right," Supervisor Fletcher said.
Sonoma County cannabis growers are looking forward to a much simpler permitting process that would eliminate the need for public hearings before approval.
Despite concerns that legalization would expand teen access to marijuana, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Hig
Lawmakers are preparing to regulate the sale of hemp-derived CBD foods, beverages, and supplements.
Terminally ill patients in some hospitals and health care facilities will be able to use non-smokable forms of cannabis under a bill making its way through the California Legislature.