Los Angeles charges 515 people with running illegal marijuana businesses as part of black market crackdown

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By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The CannifornianSep 10, 2018, 11:30 am142 pts
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged 515 people for helping to run 105 illegal marijuana operations, the City Attorney’s office said Friday. The sweep is part of an effort to level the financial playing field for licensed cannabis businesses, which have suffered by competing with black market operators who…

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