Trends & Articles California’s Legal Marijuana Market Falls Short on Tax Revenue by Sophia Vida August 17, 2018 California state officials have announced that the state's tax revenue from its legal marijuana market did not meet expectations in the second quarter. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration released figures fo...
Trends & Articles This Rapper Just Opened his Own Dispensary by Sophia Vida August 16, 2018 Cypress Hill rapper B-Real is now the part owner of a marijuana dispensary in Sylmar, California. Dubbed, Dr. Greenthumb's, B-Real cut the ribbon at the dispensary on Wednesday, where a line of customers had come to meet the ra...
Legal Related California’s Solvang’s City Council Approves Marijuana in Specific Area by Sophia Vida August 15, 2018 The Solvang City Council has approved the first reading of an ordinance that would give the green light to medical marijuana businesses within a specific area of the city. In a 4-1 vote, the council voted to approve the specifi...
Legal Related Sacramento is Fighting Crime and Violence with Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 15, 2018 Sacramento is planning to waive permit fees for former drug offenders who want to get into the marijuana business. These "equity programs" are not being accepted by all however. Oak Park’s Pastor, Anthony Sadler, has said,...
Trends & Articles One in Five Batches of Marijuana in California Isn’t Good Enough by Sophia Vida July 28, 2018 According to data from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, California is having an issue with some batches of marijuana. One out of five batches of the plant have failed laboratory testing since the state's new safety re...
Legal Related San Francisco is Doing This to Automatically Clear Old Marijuana Convictions by Sophia Vida May 16, 2018 With California's legalization of recreational marijuana earlier this year, many cities are doing away with old marijuana convictions, including the city of San Francisco. The city is adopting a software app called Clear My Rec...
Trends & Articles Sacramento Just Had its First Legal Marijuana Fest in the Golden State by Sophia Vida May 05, 2018 The capital of California just hosted its very first legal marijuana fest. Sacramento held the High Times Cannabis Cup at the Cal Expo on Friday, which brought thousands of gatherers to the very first permitted event in Califor...
Legal Related San Luis Obispo to be First City in County Allowing Recreational Marijuana Stores by Sophia Vida May 04, 2018 The City Council in San Luis Obispo, California, approved its new cannabis ordinance this week, that makes the city the first in the county to allow recreational marijuana stores. The draft marijuana law was unanimously passed ...
Trends & Articles U.S. Sen. Feinstein is No Longer Against Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 02, 2018 Leafly can't call U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein "California's last prohibitionist" anymore. In an interview on Tuesday, Feinstein said that she no longer opposes the legal use of marijuana. In fact, she says she "strongly supports...
Trends & Articles People in San Diego Think Marijuana Helps Society by Sophia Vida April 24, 2018 According to the views of residents in the city of San Diego in southern California, marijuana is less of a health hazard than smoking cigarettes are. Legal recreational sales started in California on January 1st and it's been ...