Teen Marijuana Use Declines in Post-Legalization California | NORML
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Marijuana use by adolescents continues to decline in California, according to statewide data provided by the California Healthy Kids Survey, a biennial survey funded by the Departments of Health and Education. Among 7th graders, 4.2 percent reported ever having used cannabis during the years 2015 to 2017, as compared to 7.9 […]
Teen Marijuana Use Declines in Post-Legalization California | The Daily Chronic
More California Counties Move to Expunge Past Marijuana Convictions | NORML
SACRAMENTO, CA — Officials in two additional California counties, Sonoma County (population 502,000) and Yolo County (population 213,000), have announced that they will proactively review and vacate thousands of past marijuana convictions. Sonoma county officials estimate that some 3,000 cases are eligible for either a sentence reduction or expungement. In Yolo County, the District Attorney’s Office has […]
More California Counties Move to Expunge Past Marijuana Convictions | The Daily Chronic
California: Alameda County District Attorney to Vacate Thousands of Past Marijuana Convictions | Paul Armentano
OAKLAND, CA — The District Attorney for Alameda County has announced her intent to automatically vacate thousands of past marijuana convictions. Alameda County, which includes Oakland, is the 7th-most populous county in California. According to the DA’s office, there are an estimated 6,000 marijuana convictions eligible for either a sentence reduction or a dismissal. “California is offering […]
California: Alameda County District Attorney to Vacate Thousands of Past Marijuana Convictions | The Daily Chronic
California Begins Legal Retail Marijuana Sales to Adults | NORML
SACRAMENTO, CA — Select retailers began engaging in adult use marijuana sales on January 1. California joins Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in permitting cannabis sales to those over the age of 21. Two additional states – Maine and Massachusetts – permit adults to legally possess and grow cannabis, but have yet to enact regulations permitting […]
California Begins Legal Retail Marijuana Sales to Adults | The Daily Chronic
Happy New Year! Legal Adult Marijuana Sales Start in California | Phillip Smith
The world’s largest legal marijuana economy gets underway on January 1, as California’s voter-approved law legalizing recreational marijuana commerce goes into effect. It’s been legal to possess and grow small amounts of weed since shortly after votes passed Prop 64 in November 2016, but as of New Year’s Day, we see the unleashing of what […]
Happy New Year! Legal Adult Marijuana Sales Start in California | The Daily Chronic
Wine Country Fires Hit Northern California Pot Industry Hard | Phillip Smith
The wildfires raging through Northern California’s Wine Country these past weeks have killed at least 41 people, left dozens missing, and thousands burned out of their homes. They have also put a significant hurt on the region’s namesake wine industry, and its up-and-coming country cousin, the weed business. As of this week, more than 5,000 […]
Wine Country Fires Hit Northern California Pot Industry Hard | The Daily Chronic
California Could Be the First State to Legalize Magic Mushrooms | Phillip Smith
It could be up to California voters to make the state the first in the nation to allow for the use and sale of psilocybin, the mind-altering component of magic mushrooms. On Friday, Kevin Saunders, a candidate for mayor in the Monterrey County town of Marina, filed the California Psilocybin Legalization Initiative with the state […]
California Could Be the First State to Legalize Magic Mushrooms | The Daily Chronic
Marijuana Becomes a Player in California Politics and It’s Putting Its Money on Gavin Newsom | Phillip Smith
Marijuana is already a multi-billion dollar a year business in California, and with recreational sales to adults coming online next year, it’s about to get even bigger. Now, the legal pot industry is beginning to throw its weight around in state office-level politics, and it’s doing it the old-fashioned way: with a checkbook. Fund-raising for […]
Marijuana Becomes a Player in California Politics and It’s Putting Its Money on Gavin Newsom | The Daily Chronic
Marijuana Firm Buys California Town; Plans to Turn It Into Tourist Destination | TJ Baker
Welcome to Cannabis, California. An Arizona based company that makes products to support the marijuana industry says they have purchased a small town in California, near the Nevada border, with the hopes of turning it into a cannabis friendly tourist destination. American Green, based in Phoenix, purchased the tiny town of Nipton for $ 5 million, […]
Marijuana Firm Buys California Town; Plans to Turn It Into Tourist Destination | The Daily Chronic
Dispensaries and the New Legal Niches of Marijuana in California | William Smith
It is no secret that the legal framework concerning Cannabis in the Unites States of America is rapidly changing the last years. The cannabis industry is now the fastest growing industry in the United States. California seems to be the leader in Cannabis sales compared to the other States. There is far more legal marijuana […]
Dispensaries and the New Legal Niches of Marijuana in California | The Daily Chronic