All posts tagged "California"
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Politics
Oakland Moves to Stop Cannabis Displacement
March 14, 2018Oakland, California's city council has passed an ordinance protecting tenants from being evicted by cannabis businesses...
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Joint Opinions
Keeping Centered: Changes in California Cannabis
March 11, 2018An outlaw industry goes legit.
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Politics
Native Tribes Assert Sovereignty Over CA Pot Laws
March 6, 2018Can California Native American tribes grow and sell their own marijuana? Given that Native American tribes...
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Politics
Report: Laws Are Pushing CA Pot Farmers to Black Market, Not Oversupply
February 23, 2018Ninety-nine percent of California cannabis growers are not licensed, according to a new report, but this...
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Politics
Berkeley Declares Itself a Cannabis Sanctuary City
February 16, 2018Berkeley, California appears to be the first city in the nation to officially prohibit city employees...
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Cannabis
Sue Taylor: Why Seniors Need to be Educated About Cannabis
February 15, 2018Sue Taylor, a cannabis pioneer of the ‘Reefer Madness’ generation, helps seniors find their way to...
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Politics
CA District Attorneys Debate Clearing Pot Convictions
February 13, 2018One California District Attorney in San Francisco has made a move that could help the criminal...
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Cannabis
Regulations Shut Out Small CA Cannabis Farmers
February 13, 2018Small cannabis growers from Monterey County to Calaveras County are facing local regulations that are making...
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Politics
Medical Marijuana Patients Can Lose Their Jobs for Smoking Cannabis
February 12, 2018Do you smoke weed? Congratulations, you can be legally fired for doing so. This is one...
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Joint Opinions
A Prayer for the Farmers
February 11, 2018Changes in California cannabis are hurting many farmers in the marijuana growing heartland of the state.
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Culture
Girl Scout Makes Record Cookie Sales Outside Dispensary
February 9, 2018An anonymous San Diego-area Girl Scout sold hundreds of boxes of her organization’s trademark cookies outside...
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Industry Events
Global Cannabis Industry Leaders Converge at ICBC
February 6, 2018On Feb. 1 and 2, the International Cannabis Business Conference came to San Francisco for its...
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Culture
Farewell Dennis Peron, Medical Marijuana Champion
February 1, 2018Dennis Peron, who helped pass California’s medical marijuana law and who lawmakers recognize as the “father...
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Joint Opinions
Big Marijuana Is Here. Now What?
January 30, 2018Two major Canadian marijuana producers are merging to create a $6 billion mega-corporation. Fifteen companies have...
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Cannabis
CA Pot Growers Frustrated With State’s Distribution Model
January 28, 2018Marijuana farmers with small and medium-sized grows worry about the cost and stability of California's current...
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Politics
Canada Will Consider Releasing Pot Prisoners After Legalization
January 20, 2018The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says amnesty for cannabis “offenders” might come after Canada’s legal...
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Cannabis
Study: CA Marijuana Farms Expose Spotted Owls to Rat Poison
January 17, 2018As timberland converts to cannabis, spotted owls and barred owls test positive for rat poison.
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Current Events
California Faces Potential Legal Marijuana Shortage
January 15, 2018Industry insiders in San Francisco and Los Angeles are nervously eyeing local licensing delays for cultivators...
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Joint Opinions
California Cannabis: We Are History
January 6, 2018Longtime growers in the Emerald Triangle experience the first retail cannabis sales in California.
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Cannabis
California Lawmakers Say Legalization Rules Favor Big Pot
January 3, 2018Warnings that marijuana legalization was a “Trojan horse” for corporate cannabis were dismissed as nonsense from...