Articles tagged with "California"
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FAQ: What the STATES Act Would Do, and Why It’s a Game-Changer
Leafly Staff - Published on June 7, 2018Read moreThis historic bill could end federal prohibition. Here’s everything you need to know.
Crash or Cash: What’s Happening to California Cannabis Prices?
Chris Roberts - Published on June 6, 2018Read moreTumbling wholesale prices and reports of epic oversupply are fueling fears of a cannabis crash in California. But there may be more stability to the market than we know.
California Has Set the Cannabis Curve—Again
Leafly Staff - Published on June 6, 2018Read moreScenes from a historic, fully licensed mega-smokeout in California’s Wine Country Wander into the city block-sized cannabis Coachella in California’s Wine Country last weekend, and you would have experienced a Matrix-like reality shift. ‘Wait, where is the 215 area?’ you think. ‘You know, the place where they corral the pot smokers under the murky medical […]
![Sen. Diane Feinstein, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher took pro-cannabis positions on their way to Tuesday wins. (Jeff Chiu, Denis Poroy, Susan Walsh/AP)]()
Pro-Cannabis Candidates Clean Up In California Primary Election 2018
Leafly Staff - Published on June 5, 2018Read moreWinning pols knew which way the vapor was blowing.
![FILE - In this May 11, 2018 file photo Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles, chats with constituents during a campaign stop in San Francisco. The heat for California governor is especially intense for Republican Cox and Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, whom polls show to be in a tough fight for the second of two slots on the general election ballot. Democrat Gavin Newsom is the undisputed front-runner and is expected to advance. The primary is Tuesday, June 5, 2018, and more than 1.4 million ballots have already been cast by mail. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez,File)]()
What to Watch for in California’s Primary on Tuesday
Leafly Staff - Published on June 4, 2018Read moreCalifornia’s June 5 primary acts as a microcosm of US cannabis politics, with advocates on the left and right. Here are the highlights.
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This Startup Incubator Helps Drug War Survivors Build Cannabis Companies
David Bienenstock - Published on May 31, 2018Read moreChanging inequity: Oakland’s Hood Incubator pairs legal retail newcomers with experienced cannabis operators.
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World’s First Cannabis Bank Advances in California
David Downs - Published on May 31, 2018Read moreA bill to create a state-charted bank serving the cannabis industry passes a crucial vote in Sacramento.
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The Jeff Sessions Cannabis Crackdown Has Arrived—And It’s Awesome
Bruce Barcott - Published on May 30, 2018Read moreFederal agents are raiding illegal grows in legal states, and that’s good news for state-licensed companies and consumers.
![McGregor Scott, right, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, flanked by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, center, discusses an increase in the use of a banned pesticide at illegal marijuana farms hidden on public lands Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Research by Mourad Gabriel, left, the executive director and senior ecologist at Integral Ecology Research Center, and his colleagues found the highly toxic pesticide Carbofuran, which can't legally be used in the Unites States, at 72 percent of grow sites last year, up 15 percent from 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)]()
Feds Refresh California Marijuana Strategy
The Associated Press - Published on May 30, 2018Read moreState and federal officials Tuesday announced they will use $2.5 million in federal money to target illegal grows.
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Proposal to Cut California Cannabis Taxes Is Dead in the Water
Ben Adlin - Published on May 29, 2018Read moreProponents said the measure, which would reduce taxes for three years, was meant to speed the transition away from the illegal market and into regulated sales.
