Voters favoring new marijuana rules in San Bernardino, Riverside counties
CaliforniaUncategorized November 12, 2018
Voters approved ballot measures to allow and tax cannabis in every Inland Empire city where it was on the ballot Tuesday, Nov. 6, except one.
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Cannabis measure leads in Half Moon Bay
CaliforniaUncategorized November 12, 2018
A controversial Half Moon Bay cannabis measure holds a narrow lead, suggesting that the town’s three greenhouse farmers will be allowed grow legal marijuana sprouts in “nurseries” – but residents have rejected other measures that would have expanded cultivation and sales in the traditional coastal town.
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Kern County voters reject all cannabis measures
CaliforniaUncategorized November 12, 2018
Two marijuana ballot measures were resoundingly rejected by Kern County voters on Tuesday, with another appearing to lose by a narrow margin.
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Uncertainty Abounds in Defining “Commercial Cannabis Activity” under California’s New Rules
CaliforniaUncategorized November 11, 2018
Last month, California’s regulatory agencies charged with writing commercial cannabis rules released new modifications to the final rules proposed in July. The Bureau of Cannabis Control’s (BCC) proposed modifications contained some of the most dramatic changes, including what would effectively be an outright ban on intellectual property licensing for cannabis products—something we are still trying…
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California Intellectual Property Licensing: Our Comments to the Bureau of Cannabis Control
CaliforniaUncategorized November 9, 2018
As we’ve been blogging about for the last couple of weeks, the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) recently released modifications to the proposed regulations for cannabis licensees, one of which effectively prohibits all licensing, white labeling and manufacturing agreements between two parties where one of those parties is not a licensed cannabis business. In our…
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How Cannabis Fared in the California Elections
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized November 9, 2018
As we wrote on Tuesday, the midterm elections were monumental for cannabis: Michigan voters approved of a proposal legalizing recreational marijuana for adult use, Utah and Missouri will soon establish medical marijuana regimes, and Texas Representative and marijuana antagonist Pete Sessions lost to a Democrat. All in all, Tuesday was a good day at the…
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Hold Your Horses: Los Angeles EMMDs Will Soon be Prevented from Relocating
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized November 6, 2018
Los Angeles’s existing medical marijuana dispensaries (“EMMDs”) under Measure M will soon be precluded from relocating from their current operations unless and until they receive their local annual licenses from the City of Los Angeles. Movement post-initial application to L.A. has been a common practice for EMMDs for some time, and has apparently caused a…
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In the aftermath of pot legalization north of the border, attention has turned to the world’s largest economy and the potential for a U.S. marijuana market that could be worth $75 billion by 2030
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Marijuana is on the ballot in four states, but legalization may soon stall, researchers say
CaliforniaUncategorized November 1, 2018
The midterm elections could loosen marijuana restrictions in the United States, as four states put ballot initiatives on legalization to a vote.
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Stiffed Drinks: CBD-Infused Alcoholic Beverages Banned in California
CaliforniaUncategorized October 31, 2018
A few months ago, I spoke to a reporter from Quartz about cannabidiol (CBD). She told me that a local cafe was offering a CBD-infused latte and that it piqued her interest for a story. Her local baristas were not alone as numerous bars, restaurants, and cafes across the country have been experimenting with CBD-infused…
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