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Sacramento, CA — Hundreds of patients, advocates, care providers, industry workers, and other stakeholders from around the State are convening in Sacramento on Monday to meet with their elected officials and urge them to protect patients' rights, defeat taxation measures, and support beneficial...

Cannabis may join the herb and spice rack in California kitchens as the most populous U.S. state prepares for the possible legalization of recreational marijuana in November. Chef Chris Sayegh is leading the way by taking haute cuisine to a higher place with his cannabis-infused menus in...

Legalizing marijuana could be on California's November ballot and it appears like an overwhelming number of people support a measure for adult pot use. The Sacramento Bee reported that 600,000 signatures were raised for the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, far more than the roughly 365,000 needed...

The California Assembly has approved Assembly Bill 1594, a measure touted as banning smoking and vaping on all California State University and community college campuses statewide (smoking is already banned at the University of California). But as written, this measure also appears to outlaw...

On the face of it, marijuana would seem an odd candidate for a museum exhibit. It's illegal in most of the country, its past is controversial and its future is uncertain. Yet one museum has mounted a comprehensive exhibit about weed. Altered State: Marijuana in California, which opened last...

In 1996, California became the first state to establish a medical marijuana program, setting off a tectonic shift in the legal and cultural landscape surrounding cannabis. ClubM curates a themed monthly shipment of premium cannabis concentrates, vapes, edibles and flowers, and related...

To hear Troy Dayton tell it, California is on the brink of a gold rush – or, more specifically, a green rush. While insiders are working behind the scenes to put the question of recreational marijuana to voters on the November ballot, investors and business owners throughout the Golden State...

The much weakened marijuana bill that passed out of the House Judiciary Committee last week calls for the formation of a commission to study the likely prospect of legalization, but it falls short of legalizing the drug now. A story in The New York Times on Tuesday foreshadowed what appears to...

After decades of thriving in legally hazy back yards and basements, California's most notorious crop, marijuana, is emerging from the underground into a decidedly capitalist era. Under a new state law, marijuana businesses will be allowed to turn a profit, which has been forbidden since 1996...

With comprehensive medical marijuana regulations kicking in and full-scale legalization headed for a vote, cannabis entrepreneurs and policymakers convened in Sacramento on Tuesday to discuss their industry's future. Put on by the California Cannabis Industry Association, the conference...

After more than a year of retooling its technology platform and business model a San Francisco digital healthcare company is targeting the growing medical marijuana industry in California. And it's counting on mobile to help create a competitive edge. HelloMD.com launched in 2012 as a digital...

The Anti-Pot Christie Administration's Department of Health's recently released report on the Medical Marijuana program incorrectly claims that dispensary prices averaging $489 per ounce are "reasonable" due to the "high" cost of living in New Jersey. But isn't California an expensive place to...

California has found its czar for medical marijuana. On Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown announced the appointment of Lori Ajax, currently the chief deputy director of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to the newly-created post overseeing the Bureau of Medical Marijuana...

The California Senate has approved a bill aimed at slowing a rush of cities and counties racing to ban marijuana cultivation. The Senate backed the measure in a 35-3 vote on Monday, sending it to the Assembly. AB21 corrects what lawmakers say was a mistake in medical marijuana regulations...

Legalizing marijuana means going green, in more ways than one. Colorado hauled in $76.2 million from taxes on marijuana sales and license fees in 2014. That windfall leaped nearly 71 percent — to about $130 million — in 2015. Washington state pulled in $41.4 million in taxes and fees in...

For Kristin Nevedal, Super Silver Haze is not always the same Super Silver Haze. Like the concept of "terroir" in foods, she and many growers believe the characteristics of cannabis plants vary depending on their local environment. "There are obvious differences between, say, a Super Silver...

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For an example of what El Nino is doing to spring crops in the Pacific Northwest and California, consider marijuana. In Washington, growers are hoping the warmer-than-normal conditions expected in spring 2016 can repair damage caused by surprise snowstorms that hit the region this past November...

Cultivating industrial hemp, a part of the cannabis sativa plant, is illegal in much of the U.S. Despite the many uses of this crop, including fuel, food, plastics, and textiles, it has been banned for decades in this country because of its close association with marijuana. However, as the...

Local control has prevailed throughout Santa Barbara County, as cities have decided to retain the right to impose their own marijuana regulations, rather than accept Sacramento's policies. The decisions follow a state initiative known as the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act...