California cannabis conference highlights justice, compliance issues
While a packed room at the California Cannabis Business Conference in Anaheim cheered on inspiring speeches from marijuana rights activists Melissa Etheridge and Steve DeAngelo, audience member Chaney Turner couldn’t join in. The co-founder of The People’s Dispensary in Oakland stood from her chair and raised her voice to... Read more
This man will spend life in prison for a marijuana conviction unless Donald Trump or the Supreme Court helps him
Barbara Tillis isn’t sure when she’ll get to see her son, Corvain Cooper, again. Every few months for the past four years, Tillis, has driven five hours with her husband, daughter and Cooper’s oldest daughter, making the trip from Rialto to the federal prison in Atwater, near Merced. They’d spend the... Read more
Marijuana bills increasingly focus on social justice
WASHINGTON — State lawmakers and advocates pushing to legalize marijuana this year aren’t just touting legalization as a way to raise tax revenue and regulate an underground pot market. They’re also talking about fixing a broken criminal justice system and reinvesting in poor and minority communities that have been... Read more
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