Nearly 20 years after California voters approved the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, lawmakers finally agreed on a package of bills to create the first statewide licensing and operating rules for pot growers and retail weed outlets. They did so in the face of a l… Read article here: High Times
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California Finally Reaches Agreement on Medical Marijuana Rules
After countless drafts and negotiations, California lawmakers announced on Thursday that they had finally reached an agreement on the regulatory structure for the state’s nearly two-decade old medical marijuana industry. Read article here: High Times
California: Gov. Brown to Decide If Green Card Drug Offenders Should Be Deported
California families living without the guaranteed protection of U.S. citizenship may no longer have to worry about succumbing to the unsung perils of the minor drug convictions. Read article here: High Times
Over 50K Pot Plants Eradicated During California Indian Reservation Raids
According to California's Eureka Times-Standard, a two-week multi-agency operation that ended last week eradicated some 55,000 cannabis plants on and around the Yurok Indian reservation. The Yurok Tribe carried out similar raids last year, eradicating 15,000 plants, a… Read article here: High Times
California Wildfires Are Affecting the Pot Industry
California’s wildfires are affecting the cannabis industry in the Bay Area, according to dispensary owners who say pot plants are growing around some of the state’s raging fires—especially the Rocky Fire near Clear Lake. Read article here: High Times
Drones Now Delivering Medical Marijuana In California
A company near San Francisco has come up with a novel way to deliver bitcoin-purchased marijuana, via drone. Trees, which claims to sell the “highest quality” medicinal cannabis to people holding a medical recommendation, accepts payments in bitcoin alongside traditional payment methods such as cash, online bank transfer and credit cards. A spokesperson for the […]
California City to Create Official Medical Marijuana Cultivation Zone
The progressive cannabis city of Arcata, California is on the verge of becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction todesignateland specifically intended to promote and regulate pot production. Read article here: High Times
Northern California Indian Nations Protest Pot Raids
Tribal authorities in Northern California are reacting angrily to a July 8 raid on two cannabis grows on tribal lands in Modoc County. The operations were owned by the Alturas Indian Rancheria and the Pit River Tribe. Read article here: High Times
Tuesday in California: Patients & Advocates Hand-Deliver Petition to Senator Feinstein on Medical Marijuana
Over 10,000 Signatories Tell Feinstein to Stop Opposing Medical Marijuana Petition Follows Feinstein's Recent Vote Against Protecting Californian Residents from Federal Interference in Medical Marijuana Laws California – A groups of California-based advocates will hand-deliver a petition to the San Francisco office of Sen. Feinstein (D-CA). Feinstein has been a leading opponent of marijuana reform, […]
Momentum Mounting For 2016 California Marijuana Measure
On June 14, more than 200 people gathered at the Sebastopol Grange for a fundraiser and organizing meeting of local pot growers, the Sonoma County Growers Association. They were being mentored by their northern neighbors from Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity counties, the Emerald Growers Association, which already has lobbyists in Sacramento and is in the […]