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  • At this airport, legal cannabis is like a full water bottle

    Oct 8, 2018, 2:00 pm By Philip Santos, The Cannifornian
    Travelers who are discovered with legal amounts of cannabis at the Humboldt County airport in McKinleyville will likely not be cited by law enforcement, according to Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges. “In most cases, if you are…
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  • Ballot measure will decide the fate of Chula Vista’s pot future

    Oct 8, 2018, 1:30 pm By Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union Tribune
    Chula Vista wrote recreational marijuana regulations in March, but the city’s voters will have the final say in November. That’s because those regulations only go into effect if voters approve Measure Q, a cannabis sales tax measure on the Nov. 6 ballot.…
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  • State task force busts hundreds of illegal marijuana grows, but number of plants seized is way down

    Oct 8, 2018, 1:00 pm By Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune
    A statewide task force aimed at disrupting illegal marijuana grow operations discovered and eradicated fewer than half as many marijuana plants in 2018 than in 2017, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Thursday at a news conference in San Diego. The…
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  • Canada is about to legalize marijuana. How did that happen? Justin Trudeau, for starters

    Oct 8, 2018, 12:30 pm By Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
    Politicians herald it as transformative. Residents offer resounding support in the polls. Investors see billions of dollars on the horizon. When Canada legalizes marijuana on Oct. 17, it will join Uruguay as the only countries to allow recreational cannabis…
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  • Mountain View likely to become only Peninsula city with cannabis shops

    Oct 8, 2018, 12:00 pm By Kevin Kelly, The Cannifornian
    Mountain View is likely to see two marijuana retailers set up shop by early next year, the mayor said Thursday, becoming the only city between San Francisco and San Jose to allow recreational sales. The City Council last week voted 5-2 — after dozens of…
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  • State revokes license of San Diego cannabis testing lab

    Oct 8, 2018, 11:30 am By David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune
    State officials have revoked the license of PharmLabs, one of three marijuana testing labs in San Diego County that had been licensed under California’s new recreational cannabis laws. Having local labs with state licenses will become crucial later this year…
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  • Roundup: Brown vetoes multiple marijuana bills as deadline passes

    Oct 8, 2018, 11:00 am By Shomik Mukherjee, The Cannifornian
    Ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to either approve or veto bills passed by the state legislature, Gov. Jerry Brown struck down a string of cannabis-related proposals, including multiple bills granting financial leeway to cultivators and another that would have…
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  • NorCal congressman urges more American-grown cannabis for research

    Oct 8, 2018, 10:30 am By Ruth Schneider, The Cannifornian
    North Coast U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman joined a bipartisan group of 12 other legislators in signing a letter sent seeking to allow more American-grown cannabis to be used for research. This comes on the heels of the Drug Enforcement Agency approving the import of…
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  • Milpitas may allow 10 cannabis shops to open in 2019

    Oct 8, 2018, 10:00 am By Joseph Geha, The Cannifornian
    Milpitas is paving the way for marijuana dispensaries — now currently banned — to operate in the city by early 2019. The City Council voted last week to create rules that would regulate how many and what kind of marijuana businesses would be allowed and…
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  • Senator: White House drug office vows objective pot study

    Oct 3, 2018, 6:15 pm By Paul Elias, The Associated Press
    A White House drug office official has offered assurances that a marijuana policy panel will be objective and dispassionate as it examines the impact of legalization in some states, a Colorado senator said. The vow came after BuzzFeed reported in August that…
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  • Q&A: Feds slowly take steps to affirm the medicinal value of marijuana

    Oct 3, 2018, 5:30 pm By Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune
    Scientists and patients who’ve long held that marijuana can be used to treat illness and disease are finally getting some backing from the federal government. The Drug Enforcement Agency currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning that it has no…
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  • Brown’s veto of medical marijuana donation bill prompts outcry

    Oct 3, 2018, 4:45 pm By Nicholas Ibarra, The Cannifornian
    SANTA CRUZ — A bill that had been hailed as a much-needed fix to California’s cannabis regulations was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday, prompting outcry from advocates and promise from the bill’s author to continue pushing for the change. When…
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  • California’s new marijuana law is a first but likely not the last

    Oct 3, 2018, 10:00 am By Candice Norwood, Governing.com
    California Gov. Jerry Brown has spent much of his last two terms making what he considers to be amends for the past. The state has a history of tough-on-crime legislation, including a controversial “three-strikes” law. During his first round as governor,…
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  • Law overturning marijuana convictions among criminal-justice reforms signed by Brown

    Oct 2, 2018, 7:30 pm By Don Thompson, Associated Press
    SACRAMENTO (AP) — California is continuing a years-long easing of criminal penalties even as it increases public scrutiny of law enforcement. In his final action on legislation before leaving office in January, Gov. Jerry Brown this weekend stuck with his…
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  • New rulings on medical marijuana use go against employers

    Oct 2, 2018, 6:45 pm By Dave Collins, Associated Press
    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Health care worker Katelin Noffsinger told a potential employer that she took medical marijuana to deal with the effects of a car accident, but when a drug test came back positive, the nursing home rescinded her job offer anyway. A…
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  • Market sends Pepsi a message: Get on board with cannabis

    Oct 2, 2018, 6:00 pm By Craig Giammona, Bloomberg News
    Investors wanted PepsiCo Inc. to say yes to cannabis. Shares of the food and beverage giant were little changed in early trading on Tuesday after the company released quarterly earnings. But they took a dip after Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston said the…
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  • Cannabis-stock shorting may be even bigger than number suggest

    Oct 2, 2018, 5:15 pm By Kristine Owram, Bloomberg News
    Short interest in high-flying cannabis stocks surged 52 percent in the third quarter, and some investors say the wild price swings indicate there may be even more activity than the data reflect. Total short interest in the marijuana space hit $3.1 billion on…
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  • Where marijuana is legal, some cities help people still haunted by it

    Oct 2, 2018, 4:30 pm By Candice Norwood, Governing.com
    Nine states have legalized recreational use of marijuana. Despite that, and the fact that public opinion has grown in favor of legalization, people in those states are still serving jail time or facing professional and financial consequences for low-level,…
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  • Cannabis grow site prompts ‘sphere of influence’ fight between city and county

    Oct 2, 2018, 3:45 pm By Ruth Schneider, The Cannifornian
    The Fortuna City Council voted unanimously Monday to appeal a cannabis cultivation project approved last month by the Humboldt County Planning Commission. Council members called the county “evil” and reiterated their frustration that protests over the…
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  • Eat, smoke or vape: Teens not too picky about cannabis choices

    Oct 1, 2018, 5:30 pm By Rachel Bluth, Bloomberg News
    There is no doubt that some high school students will try to get high. However, the ways they’re doing it might be changing. A survey of more than 3,000 10th-graders from 10 high schools in Los Angeles showed that while traditional combustible marijuana is…
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