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Two men convicted in robbery-murder of marijuana dispensary employee in Santa Ana
Men identified as the shooter and driver were convicted of murder on Monday, Oct. 28, for their roles in the 2019 slaying of a marijuana dispensary worker who was run off the road and shot to death on the edge of the Santa Ana College campus while transporting tens of thousands of dollars in cash. […]
‘Plague’ of black market marijuana resulting in violence, San Bernardino County sheriff says
The only anomaly in this month’s slayings of six people during a marijuana deal gone wrong in the San Bernardino County desert, Sheriff Shannon Dicus said, was the number of people killed. “Anytime you have six people who are murdered, that’s shocking to your conscience,” Dicus said Monday, Jan. 29, in announcing the arrests of […]
Why it’s not a happy 420 for many California cannabis dispensaries
In cannabis culture, 420 — April 20 — is a day to celebrate. But for many in California’s legal cannabis industry, there’s little cause for revelry most days, according to experts who say high taxes, burdensome regulations and illegal sales are crushing entrepreneurs’ dreams. RELATED: How 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday […]
How 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday
By GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts. This year’s edition provides an occasion for activists to reflect on how far their movement has […]
Can certified ‘Ganjiers’ do for cannabis what sommeliers do for wine? Program aims to find out
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Three in four California cannabis companies aren’t licensed; $100 million might help
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Yes, there are ‘marijuana mortgages’ for California borrowers
Related Articles Mortgage lenders knowingly and sometimes unwittingly provide residential purchase and refinance loans to tax cheats, money launderers and even straw buyers. How so? Lenders typically face a low bar for income documentation, they don’t look too hard and they don’t ask many tough questions. So, why can’t lenders provide mortgages for legally licensed, […]
Illegal marijuana farms in Orange County show how toxic danger is spread through national forests
Don Hoang stood on a hillside thick with brush in the Cleveland National Forest where in September, officers had uprooted some 1,300 illegal marijuana plants that could have netted the growers a $4 million profit. Hoang was more concerned with what he saw scattered around him in a canyon near Ortega Highway in Orange County: […]
A month after California created a Department of Cannabis, reforms and challenges take shape
Over the summer, California made its biggest change to how cannabis is regulated since voters approved legalization half a decade ago, with Gov. Gavin Newsom merging three agencies that had been overseeing segments of the industry into one new Department of Cannabis. A month later, new strategies and challenges for the industry are taking shape. […]
As more licenses to grow cannabis are added, illegal growing has also risen in California
Recreational cannabis sales began in January 2018, and while many have played by the rules, the illegal growth and sale of the plant continues to undermine those following the rules. Licensed to grow, manufacture and sell State license issuance began in 2018, but data isn’t available for that initial year because they were issued as […]