Local law enforcement report seven people were shot dead at an illegal cannabis growing operation in Aguanga, a rural Southern Californian town. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said the large-scale grow site and the killings bear the hallmarks of an organized criminal syndicate. “This was not a small operation,” Bianco [...]
The House of Representatives approved an amendment to a defense spending bill that would protect marijuana businesses operating legally under state, territory, or tribal law from federal interference. The amendment, passed in a 254-163 vote, would prohibit the Department of Justice (DoJ) from using taxpayer funds to enforce federal marijuana [...]
Five unlicensed marijuana dispensaries in San Diego County were served search warrants at the end of July by local law enforcement which resulted in six arrests and seizures totaling $1.1 million and 3,000 pounds of cannabis. San Diego County Sheriff’s Department carried out the raids on the illegal cannabis shops [...]
The first states to legalize cannabis, Colorado and Washington, didn’t give a great deal of thought to social equity – the idea that those most harmed by the War on Drugs should benefit most from a legal industry – when developing their frameworks for a legal marijuana market and determining [...]
Federal prosecutors in California issued a grand-jury subpoena to Weedmaps, a popular online cannabis-retail directory, demanding wide-ranging records held by the company on its own operations as well as those of dozens of marijuana businesses listed on its website. The US attorney’s office for the Eastern District of California issued [...]
Ten U.S. states still haven’t allowed cannabis stores despite voters wanting them. Although many cities and counties voted in favor of state legalization, over 50 percent prohibit local stores. But soon, California could be the first state to force local officials to allow at least one marijuana store in municipalities [...]
A new emergency bill has been introduced in the California Senate that would ensure cannabis donated to compassionate-care patients for medical use is excluded from commercial tax arrangements. Proposition 64, also known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, passed in November 2016 and made adult-use cannabis legal from Jan. [...]
Criminal, civil, and tax law enforcement of commercial-scale cannabis operations in California is becoming more robust in 2019, judging by a flurry of recent arrests and closures across the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in his state of the state speech in February that he'd be redeploying some National Guard [...]
As California’s adult-use market nears its first year of existence, issues that have come under review include deliveries, the forthcoming final regulations, licensing, the illicit market, demand, and employment. Regarding deliveries, various reports describe how many of California’s delivery services operate without permits. Municipalities have banned delivery services, but the [...]
Early this month, California Gov. Jerry Brown cleared his desk of some marijuana bills. Since California voters approved the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act in 2016, legislation and regulations have been approved to address the mandate. Although Brown is known as a progressive, he has not [...]
