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San Diego’s cannabis supply chain is falling into place
Aug 13, 2018, 9:45 am By David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego is making swift progress on its plan to have a local supply chain for its marijuana dispensaries, with 15 indoor pot farms and cannabis edible factories slated for final city approvals in coming weeks. Those businesses will follow the city’s first…

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First marijuana-derived prescription drug will cost $32,500 a year
Aug 13, 2018, 9:00 am By Sam Wood, Philadelphia Inquirer
A new marijuana-derived drug to treat rare forms of severe epilepsy in children will cost about $32,500 per patient, per year. Epidiolex, the first cannabis pharmaceutical to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, contains the active ingredient…

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Ziggy Marley wants to keep cannabis in local farmers’ hands, out of corporate system
Aug 10, 2018, 5:43 pm By Will Houston, The Cannifornian
Reggae music star Ziggy Marley is returning to Humboldt County next week, but this time with a call to action and an end to complacency. While the 49-year-old son of reggae legend Bob Marley and eight-time Grammy award winner has focused past records and songs…

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San Bernardino puts its cannabis business laws on November ballot
Aug 10, 2018, 12:00 pm By Brian Whitehead, The Cannifornian
San Bernardino’s commercial cannabis regulations will appear on the November ballot, a move intended to clear up two years of muck surrounding marijuana businesses in town. City leaders last week gave voters the opportunity to weigh in on rules they…

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A closer look at the new cannabis ordinances before Oroville council
Aug 10, 2018, 11:00 am By Risa Johnson, ChicoER News
OROVILLE — Facing a fair amount of opposition, the Oroville City Council took a big step on Tuesday toward bringing commercial cannabis to the city. The council voted 5-1 to introduce two ordinances, with one focused on changes to zoning code to allow for…

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Football recruit forced to choose between cannabis medicine for epilepsy and playing sport he loves
Aug 10, 2018, 10:00 am By Jacob Bogage, Washington Post
The call came during ballet class. Auburn football coaches had told CJ Harris the lessons would improve his footwork and develop new muscles so by the time he arrived at campus this fall, he’d be ahead of the regular “preferred walk-on.” But between…

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At George Washington’s Mount Vernon, a luscious crop of cannabis nears harvest time
Aug 9, 2018, 5:30 pm By djimenez
Dean Norton, director of horticulture at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, pulls out his cellphone and cranks up some Jimi Hendrix music as he walks toward the cannabis patch on the founding father’s estate. The “weed” is tall, planted in tight rows…

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Editorial: Striking a proper balance on local cannabis rules
Aug 9, 2018, 4:45 pm By Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
If legalizing cannabis was a simple matter, Proposition 64 could have been written in a lot less than 62 pages of small type. But personal possession and use of marijuana have been effectively decriminalized in California for many years, and the primary…

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Court orders South Whittier marijuana dispensary near mosque to close
Aug 9, 2018, 4:00 pm By Mike Sprague, The Cannifornian
A judge has ordered the closing of a South Whittier marijuana dispensary, which attracted complaints from a nearby La Mirada mosque. The Tuesday Los Angeles County Superior Court ruling will stand until there is a trial. Judge Holly Fujie ordered property…

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Hemet voters to decide on marijuana measure in November
Aug 9, 2018, 3:15 pm By Craig Shultz, The Cannifornian
Voters throughout the region will decide in November on issues surrounding marijuana-based businesses in their city. The latest to reach the ballot is a measure in Hemet that would tax cannabis businesses while keeping the city’s no-marijuana moratorium in…

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Oroville council moves forward with ordinances allowing cannabis business permits
Aug 9, 2018, 2:30 pm By Risa Johnson, ChicoER News
OROVILLE — The Oroville City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to introduce two ordinances to outline permitting rules and zoning for commercial cannabis businesses after the city Planning Commission delayed its recommendation for another month. Councilor Scott…

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Pomona delays ballot measure to allow commercial marijuana — but is already planning for tax revenues
Aug 9, 2018, 1:00 pm By Liset Márquez, The Cannifornian
Pomona city officials have asked for a more detailed analysis of an end to the city’s ban on marijuana activity, meaning that a citizen-backed ballot measure to throw out the ban won’t be on the November ballot — even as the city council debates how to…

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Medical marijuana dispensary denied license sues La Mesa
Aug 9, 2018, 12:15 pm By Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union Tribune
Two businessmen who were denied a permit to operate a medical marijuana collective in La Mesa are suing the city. Wayne Alexander Scherer and Rezwan H. Khan of New Origins Management, Inc. filed a civil suit on July 23, alleging the city failed to follow its…

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Sonoma County endorses limits on cannabis production, curbs on neighbors’ protests
Aug 9, 2018, 11:30 am By Julie Johnson, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
Sonoma County supervisors Tuesday advanced revisions to rules governing cannabis businesses and farms outside city limits that would include allowing recreational sales at dispensaries and limiting most cultivation sites to properties 10 acres or larger. The…

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From gum to ganja: Why William Wrigley, Jr. is investing in medical marijuana
Aug 9, 2018, 10:45 am By Ally Marotti, Bloomberg News
The former head of the Wrigley gum empire is getting into the medical marijuana business. William Wrigley Jr., once the president and CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., has been named chairman of the board of directors at Surterra Wellness, a medical cannabis company…

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Move to keep marijuana businesses out of Antioch fizzles
Aug 9, 2018, 10:00 am By Judith Prieve, The Cannifornian
Not enough signatures were collected for the effort to snuff out an Antioch ordinance that will allow marijuana retailers and related businesses to apply for operating permits. Had the “Not in Antioch” referendum succeeded, it would have repealed the…

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Alameda attracts little interest from cannabis businesses
Aug 8, 2018, 3:00 pm By Peter Hegarty, The Cannifornian
ALAMEDA — Cannabis businesses have shown little interest in operating here in the wake of the city adopting regulations on their use. Among the reasons? A lack of suitable space to purchase or rent, and the fact that state regulations regarding cannabis are…

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Water regulators help target black market marijuana farmers in Southern California
Aug 8, 2018, 9:00 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian
After Riverside County deputies raided an unlicensed cannabis farm in the small, unincorporated community of Aguanga, they found nearly 3,000 plants growing scattered between the brush. The tip that led Sgt. Tyson Voss and his team to that illicit farm last…

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Sonoma County set to consider cannabis policy changes to ease dispute between growers, neighbors
Aug 7, 2018, 11:00 am By J.D. Morris, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
Sonoma County supervisors will consider Tuesday revising the rules governing cannabis businesses, hoping to balance the competing interests of pot farmers and neighborhood activists who don’t want commercial grows near their rural homes. The Board of…

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Did Colorado regulators target doctors who prescribed medical marijuana?
Aug 7, 2018, 10:00 am By David Migoya, Denver Post
A lawsuit that accused Colorado regulators of quietly and illegally concocting a policy to police doctors who recommend medical marijuana to patients was entirely hidden from public view during a nearly three-year court battle, secreted behind a judge’s…

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