California Cop Applicants Won’t Be Asked About Prior Pot Use
A series of amendments to state law prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants based on past or off-the-clock pot use, and the list of jobs now includes police officers. Per a bill...
View ArticleMajority of Los Angeles Overdose Deaths Caused by Fentanyl
Fentanyl caused a majority of fatal overdoses in Los Angeles County for the first time last year, with nearly 60% of the area’s overdose deaths attributed to the increasingly popular opioid. Fentanyl...
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Dry Farming in Humboldt
Dry farms are rare in California, but the results people like Chrystal Ortiz of High Water Farm are able to pull off without watering their cannabis plants all summer are pretty amazing. Sure it takes...
View ArticleLong Beach, California Tackles Stoned Driving with Safety Program
Long Beach, California is developing ways to teach local residents how to responsibly consume cannabis without getting behind the wheel. Given that cannabis sales in Long Beach contributed more tax...
View ArticleMaven Genetics To Retire Strain ‘French Laundry’ Due to Cease-and-Desist Letter
Many of us have had the privilege of trying Maven Genetics’ French Laundry. In the August 2023 issue of High Times Magazine, we explored the brand’s impeccable selection of strains, French Laundry...
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Border Patrol Seizes $10 Million Worth of Narcotics Hidden in Jalapeño Paste
Things got a bit spicy for border patrol officers in San Diego last week. It was there, near the United States-Mexico border, that officers discovered more than $10 million worth of hard narcotics...
View ArticleCalifornia Approves Rules for Making Drinking Water From Sewage
California legislators have approved regulations for water companies to begin purifying sewage water for people to drink. In a state with over 39 million residents regularly stricken by years-long...
View ArticleNew Year Brings Employment Protections for California Cannabis Users
California workers who use cannabis will gain new employment protections under two laws that go into effect beginning on January 1. Under legislation passed by the California legislature last year,...
View ArticleCalifornia Judge Rules Against Feds in Suit Filed by Ayahuasca Church
A federal judge in California has ruled against a motion from the U.S. Attorney General’s office to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a church that uses the psychedelic brew ayahuasca as a sacrament. The...
View ArticleCalifornia Agency Announces Illegal Cannabis Seizure Data from 2023
On Jan. 16, the California Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce (UCETF) released its first annual report of money, illegal cannabis plants/products, and firearms obtained in its seizure operations...
View ArticleLong Beach, California To Slash Pot Taxes in Half for Stores in Good Standing
Long Beach, California is on track to establish an ordinance that will give cannabis retailers a minor tax break and reward the ones in good standing on their payments with a bigger tax break, cutting...
View Article19 Charged in Connection to Southern California Drug Trafficking Organization
Department of Justice indictments against an accused drug trafficking organization operating out of Southern California were unsealed Tuesday, revealing a vast criminal network which allegedly moved...
View ArticleHumboldt Weed Grower To Pay $750,000 for Environmental Violations
A Humboldt County cannabis grower will pay at least $750,000 to settle a dispute with state water and wildlife agencies over alleged environmental violations at a 435-acre cultivation site in...
View ArticleReport: Unlicensed Cannabis Grows Use More Water Than Licensed Grows in...
The University of California, Berkeley (UCB) recently published a scientific brief in February regarding illegal water use for cannabis plants. Entitled “Water Use: Cannabis in Context,” the brief was...
View ArticleOne Dead in Fire at Los Angeles ‘Clandestine’ Cannabis Extraction Lab
One person was killed on Saturday morning and another is in critical condition after an explosion at a Los Angeles commercial building that housed what authorities say was a “clandestine” cannabis...
View ArticleCalifornia Cops, Tax Collectors Auction Off Property Seized in Cannabis Raids
Glass bongs, money counters, a La-Z-Boy recliner and a snow cone machine were among the goods auctioned off Friday at an auction hosted by the CHP and CDTFA to raise money for unpaid taxes on cannabis...
View ArticleSurvey: 86% of Californians Back Legal MJ Sources, Support for Reform Increasing
California was the first state to legalize medical cannabis back in 1996, 20 years later ushering in adult-use legislation. Now, the Golden State has the single largest cannabis market in the world....
View ArticleMedMen Reportedly Closes All But Two California Locations
According to multiple reports late last week, MedMen has shuttered all but two of its stores in California. “Only MedMen stores in San Diego and near Los Angeles International Airport remain open,”...
View ArticleHumboldt County Voters Reject Weed Cultivation Regulation Initiative
Voters in Humboldt County last week soundly rejected a ballot measure that would have tightened regulations on the area’s famed cannabis industry. Known as Measure A, the initiative was defeated at...
View ArticleReported THC Potency For Cali Weed Drops After New Rules Take Effect
The median reported potency of regulated weed in California has been steadily dropping over the past six months, according to a report from Bay Area news source SFGate. The drop in potency, which...
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