Border Patrol Order Issues Highlight The Ongoing Struggles In California’s Legal Cannabis Market
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry NewsUncategorized July 9, 2020 0
At Infinite Chemical Analysis Labs, it’s our job to help our clients ensure that their product is in compliance with California State Law, BCC, CDFA, and CDPH regulations through our quality assurance and cannabis testing services. We send laboratory sample technicians out to licensed cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution... Read more
L.A. revamps rules for cannabis licensing, hoping to redress harm from war on drugs
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News July 1, 2020 0
Los Angeles is revamping its rules for handing out licenses to cannabis businesses, amid anger and disappointment over the tumultuous rollout of a program meant to address the damage done by criminalizing marijuana. The rules passed unanimously Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council tighten the criteria for new... Read more
California cities begin embracing cannabis in desperate search for cash
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana June 28, 2020 0
California local governments scrambling to find tax revenues during the coronavirus pandemic are turning toward an industry they had considered taboo until now: cannabis. It has been almost four years since voters legalized recreational marijuana in California, and nearly 70 percent of cities and counties have yet to embrace... Read more
DA moves to dismiss more than 1,000 marijuana convictions in Santa Cruz County
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News June 26, 2020 0
More than a thousand marijuana-related convictions dating back as far as 1969 may soon be thrown out in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeff Rosell announced Thursday he has petitioned local courts to reduce, dismiss and seal a total of 1,169 marijuana cases involving 1,085 defendants.... Read more
LA Gives Initial OK for Reboot of Marijuana Marketplace
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana June 25, 2020 0
Los Angeles moved Wednesday to reboot its once-promising legal marijuana market, giving initial approval to changes large and small to expand licensing and get more assistance to operators who endured the consequences of the nation’s war on drugs. Broad legal sales kicked off in California in 2018, and at... Read more
Cannabis and CBD Companies Subject to Increased Prop 65 Exposure
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News June 23, 2020 0
By Ian A. Stewart Cannabis and CBD companies must prepare for increased liability under California’s notorious Proposition 65 statute. THC has been added to the list of chemicals for which Prop 65 warnings are required. The statute now identifies THC as a chemical that may cause reproductive harm and... Read more
California’s Local Marijuana Laws Fail to Heed Decades of Lessons from Tobacco Controls
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News June 20, 2020 0
PRESS RELEASE Allowing high potency products, fruit flavored and candy-like products designed to attract youth, aggressive marketing, and a lack of accurate information has led to a market that fails to protect young people from marijuana health risks, says JAMA Network Open study Oakland, CA- A study published today... Read more
Black Cannabis Entrepreneurs: Cut Marijuana Taxes, Defund The Police
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry NewsOregonRecreational Marijuana June 12, 2020 0
Black cannabis entrepreneurs are calling for a repeal of marijuana taxes that dedicate funding to police and law enforcement. Along with massive demonstrations in almost every American city—and many small towns—the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man suspected of a nonviolent crime, by Minneapolis police on May... Read more
