Pico Rivera extends recreational marijuana ban again in wake of City Hall departures
CaliforniaUncategorized October 10, 2018
Stymied by a short-staffed City Hall, the Pico Rivera City Council for a third time is “kicking the can” on tackling recreational marijuana and voted to extend a temporary ban on dispensaries. The cultivation and sale of recreational marijuana will continue to be banned in Pico Rivera for another... Read more
Sacramento Cannabis Cup abruptly canceled with only weeks to go
CaliforniaUncategorized October 10, 2018
SACRAMENTO — Tickets had been on sale for about six weeks, but before Cannabis Cup California could set a music lineup or secure a permit, the half-music festival, half-smoke session has been either postponed or canceled. It’s not clear yet whether anyone will get a refund. The marijuana exhibition,... Read more
Following California, cannabis advocates across the U.S. aim to throw out old convictions
CaliforniaUncategorized October 10, 2018
Rob Jenkins tried for four years to find a job, scouring the internet for anything that seemed at all appealing — a maintenance position at a Chevron refinery, a counselor for foster kids, a clerk at Hertz. Some employers seemed interested, until they found out about his 2008 misdemeanor... Read more
California Cannabis Bill Round-Up: What Matters Most
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 10, 2018
It’s not a normal day in California if there aren’t around 50 cannabis bills floating around Assembly halls. And this legislative session did not disappoint in getting certain much-needed cannabis legislation passed (though some important legislation also bit the dust). All in all, there is a lot of legislation... Read more
Cities Should Not License Cannabis Businesses. They Should Support Them.
Medical MarijuanaOregonRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 9, 2018
. City cannabis licensing in action. Recently, the City of Portland announced that it would lower cannabis business licensing fees. Most notably, retail license fees have been reduced from $4,975 to $3,500, in line with other license types.... Read more
California Passes Industrial Hemp Legislation
CaliforniaUncategorized October 8, 2018
For the most part, anyway. We’ve been closely following the trajectory of SB 1409 and on September 30, 2018, Governor Brown signed the bill which will go into effect on January 1, 2019. This legislation is a huge step for California cannabis, in that it will add an industrial... Read more
Brown’s veto of medical marijuana donation bill prompts outcry
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized October 3, 2018
SANTA CRUZ — A bill that had been hailed as a much-needed fix to California’s cannabis regulations was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday, prompting outcry from advocates and promise from the bill’s author to continue pushing for the change. When recreational pot became legal in California in... Read more
Breaking News: California Passes First Internet of Things (“IoT”) Law
CaliforniaUncategorized October 3, 2018
Cannabis things included. Two years ago, we published a series of posts about the cannabis industry’s embrace of the Internet of Things (“IoT”)—the network of physical objects connected through the Internet—for use in everything from garden sensors to dispensers. In that same series, we also discussed some of the... Read more
LAX allows marijuana in airport but TSA says it’s still a crime
CaliforniaTravelUncategorized October 1, 2018
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Here’s another thing travelers can consider bringing when a trip takes them through Los Angeles International Airport — marijuana. Just be careful about carrying it onto the plane. A written policy posted by airport police says small amounts of weed may now be brought into... Read more
Former spice addict shares his story: “I don’t want anyone else to die from this.”
IllinoisTrending Stories September 30, 2018 0
PEORIA, Ill. — On the evening of March 27 four friends hung out at a Pekin home talking and smoking Spice. By mid-morning the next day, all four were in UnityPoint Health-Methodist suffering from massive bleeding. Later that day the Peoria City/County Health Department and UnityPoint Health officials held... Read more
