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California Studies How Marijuana Farming Effects State’s Energy

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — As California gears up for the implementation of Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana use, state regulators are trying to figure out how the new industry will impact the energy supply. In February, the California…

California Marijuana Has Gone Industrial

SALINAS, Calif. — This vast and fertile valley is often called the salad bowl of the nation for the countless heads of lettuce growing across its floor. Now California’s marijuana industry is laying claim to a new slogan for the…

New Bill Would Essentially Make California a Marijuana Sanctuary State

California legislators have taken a page from laws establishing sanctuary cities for immigrants to create a measure aimed at protecting marijuana from a federal crackdown. Similar to laws shielding undocumented immigrants, the recently introduced Assembly Bill 1578 would bar cooperation by…

‘Brave New Workers’: A Burning Desire To Get A Medicinal Marijuana License

California native Malcolm Mirage's dream was to own a legal cannabis dispensary. For years, he had grown marijuana and sold it on the black market, while working a day job as a personal trainer. But in his late 20s, Mirage…

California Leads The Country in Marijuana Sales

March 30, 2017
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Literally anyone age 21 or over can buy marijuana in Colorado and Washington, and this has been well-known for years. California, despite the passage of Prop. 64 legalizing recreational cannabis use, still weeds out most buyers by requiring they have…

LA County Considering Mass Marijuana Raids of Nearly 70 Dispensaries

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider a plan Wednesday to shut down all marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas of L.A. That would put about 70 medical collectives in the sheriff's crosshairs, which has alarmed Los…

California Prepares for Possible Showdown with Feds over Marijuana

February 25, 2017
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Warned of a possible federal crackdown on marijuana, California elected officials and cannabis industry leaders said Friday they were preparing for a potential showdown in the courts and Congress to protect the legalization measure approved by state voters in November. The…

California Lawmaker Considers Delaying Recreational Marijuana Licenses

February 18, 2017
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Amid concerns that California may not be ready to issue licenses for the sale of marijuana by next year, one state lawmaker raised the possibility Thursday of the Legislature stepping in to delay taxes and permits. At a hearing Thursday,…

California Bill Aims To Allow Marijuana Trademarks

February 17, 2017
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In any business, the owner can trademark the name, logo and even images associated with their business with the United States government. Every business, that is, except the marijuana business. The federal government grants trademarks for businesses but the federal…

Colorado Gov Hickenlooper Shares His Marijuana Legalization Experience With California Lawmakers

Colorado’s governor played sage to California on Tuesday, warning lawmakers that their state has a “steep hill” ahead in legalizing recreational marijuana and urging them to pay close attention to aspects such as home-grow regulations, pesticides and public safety. Hickenlooper…

Marijuana Infused Olive Oil Is on the Rise in California’s Now Legal Market

“Our first try tasted awful,” Yannick Crespo says about his marijuana-infused olive oil Pot d’Huile, which debuts later this month at dispensaries around San Francisco. “The cannabis extract didn’t mix with the oil, and the whole thing smelled like a…

Some California Pot Dispensaries Are Already Selling Recreational Marijuana

Recreational marijuana has been legal in California for two months, and although individuals are allowed to grow up to six plants or possess an ounce of weed, it is not yet legal for businesses to sell recreational pot. Prop. 64,…

New Marijuana States Seek Guidance From Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper

Four years ago, in the hours after Colorado became one of the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, Gov. John Hickenlooper sounded a cautionary, if humorous, note: “Don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.” State voters overwhelmingly…

California Medical Marijuana Cardholders Catch Huge Tax Break Through 2017

November 18, 2016
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Benjamin Franklin said that taxes, like death, are one of life’s few certainties. But due to a glitch in the technical language of California’s successful marijuana legalization initiative, the state’s pot smokers may prove him wrong. California’s marijuana legalization initiative…

California, Massachusetts and Nevada Legalize Recreational Marijuana as We Still Wait for More Results

On election day, voters in five states were asked to decide whether the recreational use of marijuana should be legalized and so far, three have said yes. Official results have yet to come in for Maine and Arizona. Four other…