The California Department of Justice recently released a summary review of the state’s marijuana laws, leaving cannabis industry insiders are anticipating a crackdown on the black market. Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s 16-page document is being referred to as California’s Marijuana Bible summarizes state laws and draws clearer lines as to…
California has kicked off a multi-lingual public awareness campaign, urging cannabis users throughout the state to ensure they’re purchasing from legal dispensaries. Amid growing calls from licensed cannabis dispensaries, The California Bureau of Cannabis Control’s “Get#weedwise” program aims to educate consumers on the risks they face when buying from unlicensed…
Increasing accessibility to medical marijuana is being linked to a one-third reduction of workplace deaths among those between the ages of 24 and 44. Study authors opine workers are consuming less alcohol and pills because of legalization, and the reduction of this lethal combination has meant fewer people killed on-the-job.…
A recent Op-Ed from the Los Angeles Times takes a look at the future of medical marijuana in one South Los Angeles district. As the author notes, the majority of California voters who voted supported the legalization of marijuana for recreational use for adults. There are a variety of reasons…
The City of Los Angeles has just released a draft of the “Commercial Cannabis Activity Requirements.” These are the essential regulations for the medical marijuana business in the City of Los Angeles. This document is 51 pages and must be posted for 60 days during a period for the public…
According to a recent news article from Bloomberg, local municipalities are putting the finishing touches on their local regulation of recreational marijuana sales. Industry experts believe that areas with more successful medical marijuana businesses are likely to also have top recreational marijuana businesses. As discussed in this article, Los Angeles,…
Marijuana Business Daily reports a superior court judge ruled San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumani and her office must pay $100,000 in restitution to the owner of a medical marijuana business and his family. This is in connection with money and assets taken during a police raid that occurred in January 2016. This…
Medical marijuana was approved in Maryland more than five years ago. One might think that is enough time to get the program up and running, but that has not been the case. There are no open grow operations, and there are no dispensaries. However, according to a recent news article…
In more than half of the states in the union, as well as the District of Columbia, medical marijuana has already been legalized. Some of the states have had legal medical marijuana for more than a decade, and others have just taken the first steps in the past few years. …
When medical marijuana first became legalized in California around 20 years ago, most people either smoked marijuana, or they would make some basic edibles with THC oil. There were no vaporizers being sold in many stores throughout the city, nor were there any bottles of THC infused hand cream to…