California Cannabis News

[Tranquility]

Yes, it's broken. But, the legislature isn't going to fix it. POWER TO THE PEOPLE! (At least if they have a bunch of money to buy signatures.)

California marijuana advocates drumming up support for proposed statewide ballot measure

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In a bid to undo the complications caused by Prop 64, the military veterans marijuana advocacy group Weed for Warriors has been quietly circulating a draft ballot initiative in recent weeks, soliciting support from cannabis businesses, labor unions, politicians, medical marijuana patients and anyone else they can bring to the table.


According to a summary by Weed for Warriors, the 65-page draft measure would:

• Remove local control of cannabis licensing, thus opening business opportunities in far more jurisdictions.
• Eliminate state marijuana cultivation taxes.
• Lower the state cannabis excise tax rate from 15% to 5%.
• Prohibit local marijuana taxes but devote 20% of state taxes collected to localities....

 

[Tranquility]

At least they thought of the children.

Study: California’s licensed cannabis shops aren’t selling to minors

 

[macbill]

While visiting SoCal this last week, I picked up some Kin Slips. These under-the-tongue-cannabis-strips dissolve completely, and, like nitrogliserin heart tablets, are absorbed quickly into the blood stream: 10-15 minutes. I'm a gadget-kinda-guy so I am easily impressed: I like them. Unfortunately, the strongest strip is only 10 mgs, but it is easy to do more than 1 strip, say, in an airport before a flight home.

 

[Tranquility]

The industry is so big, a $100 million dollar bribe...er...grant is not enough for political support.

California governor gets lukewarm marijuana industry support amid recall

California Gov. Gavin Newsom might need all the political ammunition he can muster later this year when he faces a recall election, but he probably shouldn’t count on an outpouring of support from the marijuana industry – despite having championed recreational legalization when it was on the ballot five years ago.

Newsom even offered a $100 million olive branch to the industry on May 14 in the form of a one-time grant proposal to help ease a major statewide licensing logjam for cannabis businesses.

But that probably won’t prove enough to convince many marijuana business insiders to campaign on his behalf.

By the same token, several industry consultants and executives said they don’t expect many marijuana businesses to actively campaign against Newsom, either.

More than likely, many cannabis businesspeople will simply sit out the election – or reluctantly cast ballots for Newsom.


The situation marks a sharp divide in the relationship between the governor and the marijuana industry, given that he was once the most high-profile politician in the state to back full legalization via his full-throated support of Proposition 64 in 2016....

 

[macbill]

Pabst Dropped A 10MG Cannabis-Infused Seltzer, Here’s Our Stoned Review​

In every way an improvement over Pabst’s 5mg formulation. Strong enough for experienced smokers to feel, fast-acting, but not so strong that the effects are going to dominate your day. Still, we’re going to go ahead and ask: Pabst, please deliver a 20mg formulation, we can handle it!

 

[invertedisdead]

$25 for a 4 pack of 10mg drinks, for a total of 40mg of cannabis

Just for reference: a single gram of 20% THC flower would contain 200mg of THC.

So that’s $25 for 1/5 of the THC that an average gram of dispensary flower would contain.

 

[macbill]

Illegal Marijuana Operations Sprout Up in the High Desert​

There is a danger in the desert you might not be aware of. Illegal marijuana operations are sprouting up, some spanning 40 acres or more in the high desert. These are multi-million dollar operations, many protected by armed guards.

 

[macbill]

California offers $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry​

The California Legislature on Monday approved a $100-million plan to bolster California’s legal marijuana industry, which continues to struggle to compete with the large illicit pot market nearly five years after voters approved sales for recreational use.

 

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California offers $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry​

The California Legislature on Monday approved a $100-million plan to bolster California’s legal marijuana industry, which continues to struggle to compete with the large illicit pot market nearly five years after voters approved sales for recreational use.

North of the Island that captain Cook land his vessel on . (Da crew on da deck of the ship must have great skill’s!)
Sorry my thought of exploring brought back memories?
Our MARIJUANA garden back in the last century (LED ZEPPELIN playing 2-calm bipedal tan skin evolution creature’s harvesting our crop’s of seedless CANNABIS crossed with Northern West side mainland & across the pond/however south of the land where bulb’s R grown?
Pale however Blue & N a neighborhood far by measurement if time is controlling one’s destination?
Why is CANNABIS ILLEGAL in some location’s of the orb bipedal dweller’s inhabit?

 

[Gunky]

California offers $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry​

The California Legislature on Monday approved a $100-million plan to bolster California’s legal marijuana industry, which continues to struggle to compete with the large illicit pot market nearly five years after voters approved sales for recreational use.

The state is spending 100 million bux to subsidize compliance with all the stringent rules and regulations the voters authorized by vote when they bought a pig in a poke five years ago. How about we start making cannabis more like food and quit making everyone jump through all these hoops? Introduce testing and regulation gradually, use pilot projects and work out the kinks before making everyone go crazy.

 

[Tranquility]

Imagine the money that will flow behind the scenes to find the champion! While they haven't won an award since the 60s, Thrifty still touts the ice cream they sell in CA Rite Aids as "award winning" right on the package.

Here's where to sign up:
https://calexpostatefair.com/participate/competitions/california-cannabis

The CA State Fair Cannabis Awards is a celebration of our cultivators, large and small, and represents another step towards normalization and a new conversation about cannabis.

Awarding cannabis flower and its unique compounds, the science-based competition is open to all licensed California cannabis cultivators, showcasing the diversity of our microclimates, appellations, indoor, sun grown, mixed light farms, and brands.

The Awards will reach a new audience and serve as a platform for consumer education and the role of the cannabis industry as a vital contributor to the California economy.

 

[Adobewan]

Imagine the money that will flow behind the scenes to find the champion! While they haven't won an award since the 60s, Thrifty still touts the ice cream they sell in CA Rite Aids as "award winning" right on the package.

Here's where to sign up:
https://calexpostatefair.com/participate/competitions/california-cannabis

I agree with your main point, but while it may no longer be award-winning, Thrifty's pistachio ice cream can make your knees weak.
And if you keep eating it, it will!

 

[Tranquility]

I agree with your main point, but while it may no longer be award-winning, Thrifty's pistachio ice cream can make your knees weak.
And if you keep eating it, it will!

I do not disparage Thrifty ice cream in the least. While a couple have fallen in flavor since it was a nickel a scoop (I'm looking at YOU Burgundy Cherry with your cherry pieces rather than cherries.), most are still the best deal in town.

 

[Adobewan]

California Governor Signs Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals For Severely Ill Patients

 

[Tranquility]

Regulations have been approved. Some articles say it is a simplification of bringing together the regulations of three oversight agencies. You may form your own opinion. I'm just glad I don't work in the field and have to read and understand them all.

Department of Cannabis Control’s Proposed Consolidated Cannabis Regulations Are Approved

 

[macbill]

The Wild West of CBD products could end soon in California

The push to create a regulatory system in California has dragged on for years amid ongoing fights in the sister hemp and cannabis industries.

www.politico.com

Santa Cruz Removes Peyote And Other Mescaline-Containing Cacti From Psychedelics Decriminalization Law

Nearly two years after Santa Cruz became the second California city—and the third in the U.S.—to decriminalize a broad range of psychedelic plants and fungi, the City Council has rolled back the law’s provision on peyote, effectively recriminalizing the cactus. Local lawmakers voted at a meeting...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

[macbill]

California’s legal weed industry can’t compete with illicit market

Local government opposition, high taxes and competition from unlicensed businesses are complicating the state's push to build a thriving legal market.

www.politico.com

 

[macbill]

California legalized weed five years ago. Why is the illicit market still thriving?

Despite appearances, the state’s cannabis industry is in disarray as legal businesses struggle to make a profit

www.theguardian.com

For now, the only way legal, state-licensed businesses say they are able to stay profitable is to keep one foot in the illegal, unlicensed market – often called the “legacy” or “traditional” market.

 

[macbill]

Cannabis’ big debut at the state fair

 

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San Francisco Suspends Cannabis Tax To Combat Illegal Marijuana Sales​

“Cannabis businesses create good jobs for San Franciscans and provide safe, regulated products to their customers,” Mandelman said in a statement. “Sadly, the illegal market is flourishing by undercutting the prices of legal businesses, which is bad for our economy as illegal businesses pay no taxes while subjecting workers to dangerous conditions and consumers to dangerous products. Now is not the time to impose a new tax on small businesses that are just getting established and trying to compete with illicit operators.”

San Francisco Suspends Cannabis Tax To Combat Illegal Marijuana Sales

San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance to suspend the city's Cannabis Business Tax through the end of next year, in an attempt to curb illegal marijuana sales.

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com

 

[macbill]

Marijuana wars: Violent Mexican drug cartels turn Northern California into ‘The Wild West’

A shadow marijuana market is thriving in California, attracting Mexican cartels and harming people, animals and the environment.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Adobewan]

Reads like an anti-cannabis piece to me.
It’s not till the very end that it states that lawmakers favor legalization to cripple the cartels.
The article would have read more legitimately, had it stated from the top, that all the tragedy it’s reporting on is due, not to illegal grows, but to prohibition.

 

[macbill]

In California pot market, a hazy line between legal and not | AP News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On an isolated farm, greenhouses stand in regimental order, sheltered by a fringe of trees. Inside are hundreds of head-high cannabis plants in precise rows, each rising from a pot nourished by coils of irrigation tubing.

apnews.com

 

[macbill]

California cannabis companies sell assets, narrow focus to save money

California cannabis companies across the state, are divesting assets, shuttering business lines and letting coveted licenses expire in order to cut costs and narrow their focus.

mjbizdaily.com

 

[macbill]

Woody Harrelson marks opening of his cannabis dispensary The Woods

Actor and activist Woody Harrelson has been a proponent for the legalization of marijuana and hemp, long before it gained the support of many elected officials and skeptical citizens.

www.dailymail.co.uk