Rex Bohn appointed to California Cannabis Authority
CaliforniaUncategorized February 19, 2022
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors appointed 1st District Supervisor Rex Bohn to serve as a county representative for the California Cannabis Authority (CCA) Tuesday following 5th District Supervisor Steve Madrone’s decision to resign from the appointment. Bohn will represent Humboldt County for the CCA alongside county Treasurer-Tax Collector John Bartholomew.
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Monday his office would dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions.
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How Social Media Censorship is killing the Marketplace
CBDUncategorized January 25, 2021
It has become clearer than ever that the long reaching arms of social media companies have the power to control the way we express ourselves to the public… Failure to comply with the terms of service can lead to a terrible fate…
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Students with prior drug convictions are no longer excluded from obtaining federal student aid under a recently approved congressional appropriation package. Although the main goal of this bill is to keep the government appropriately funded, with these unprecedented times we are facing because of COVID19, it creates challenges. Provisions strike a 1998 law, subsection of […]
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UN Loosens International Cannabis Classification
CBDUncategorized December 20, 2020
2020 has been landmark year in cannabis regulation. Recently, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (which serves as the United Nations central drug policy making body) voted to remove cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Coming to this groundbreaking conclusion has the CND now recognizing the therapeutic and medical potential of cannabis.
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Voters throughout the region will decide in November on issues surrounding marijuana-based businesses in their city. The latest to reach the ballot is a measure in Hemet that would tax cannabis businesses while keeping the city’s no-marijuana moratorium in place until 2021.
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Court orders South Whittier marijuana dispensary near mosque to close
CaliforniaUncategorized October 24, 2020
A judge has ordered the closing of a South Whittier marijuana dispensary, which attracted complaints from a nearby La Mirada mosque.
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California agency recommends major overhaul to state’s marijuana taxes
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized December 22, 2019
California’s struggling cannabis industry didn’t get the recommendation many hoped for — a call to sharply lower the industry’s tax rate — but a long-awaited state report did suggest a marijuana tax overhaul.
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California’s budding cannabis industry prepares for another hit
CaliforniaUncategorized December 13, 2019
Prominent cannabis companies that a year ago were growing aggressively have, in recent months, laid off hundreds of workers. They say hefty taxes, onerous regulations and competition from a thriving illicit market are forcing them to scale back operations.
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Read morePasadena to charge $24,000 for marijuana permits; application window opens in January
CaliforniaUncategorized November 18, 2018
Want to open a recreational marijuana bushiness in Pasadena? The city is charging $24,000.
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