420FILE--Governor Brown met his deadline of Sunday, Sept. 30 to sign or veto bills from this year's legislative session.
Jerry Brown Supports, Vetoes 2018 Pot Bills
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Black Market Crackdown: LA Charges 515 People with Running Illegal Pot Businesses
420 FILE--Los Angeles is on the lookout for businesses selling marijuana without the required permits and licenses.
420 File: MedMen Score Licensing Deal With Official Woodstock Branding Co
LA BIZ JOURNAL REPORT--Peace, love, and music, or at least the approved branding of such, awaits MedMen Enterprises Inc. after it announced Aug. 22 an exclusive license agreement with Woodstock Ventures LC.
Early Tests: 1 in 5 Marijuana Samples in CA Not Making Grade
420 FILE--One in five batches of marijuana has failed laboratory testing since new state safety requirements kicked in July 1, according to data from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control.
Marijuana Arrests in CA Drop 56% Following Passage of Prop. 64
420 FILE--According to the Attorney General's annual crime report for 2017, arrests for marijuana offenses dropped precipitously in California following the passage of Proposition 64, which legalized the recreational use for adults in November 2016.
FDA Approves Marketing of Plant-Derived Marijuana Medicine
420 FILE--Regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted market approval to Epidiolex, a prescription medicine containing a standardized formulation of plant-derived cannabidiol (CBD) for the explicit treatment of two rare forms of severe epilepsy: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome.
ICYMI: LA Has Amended Local Commercial Cannabis Regs
420 FILE--It’s no secret that the City of Los Angeles has struggled with implementing its commercial cannabis program under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Act (“MAUCRSA“).
Los Angeles: Why Only 147 Pot Permits Issued Since January 1st, NONE in the Past 19 Days?
POT PERMIT WATCH-Time to overhaul the cannabis department and the system of permits and licensing of pot in Los Angeles.
Marijuana Permitting in LA: A Lesson On How to Keep the Black Market Thriving
GUEST COMMENTARY-So here we are, the end of April 2018. The State law legalizing marijuana sales took effect January 1. To date, LA City has issued a total of 142 permits.
LA’s Recreational Marijuana Program: Mismanaged and Costing the City and State $$$
420 FILE—(Ed Note: The LA Times headline on April 23: “LA has yet to license a single marijuana manufacturer, leaving businesses shut out of the city’s legal market.” Budget Advocate Co-Chair Jay Handal is not surprised.)
Legal Pot is Linked to Less Crime
420 FILE--Drugs and crime: The two phenomena have been linked for so long that many assume one inevitably leads to the other. Attorney General Jeff Sessions insists legalizing marijuana can inspire violent activity, while some in Colorado have linked legal pot to that state's increase in crime.
Where Are the Weed Taxes Going, and Will They Get There Safely?
DEEGAN ON LA-Bring in the bean counters, or would that be the bud counters? Now that recreational marijuana is legal in California, thanks to overwhelming passage of Prop M that was approved by 80% of the voters last March, there will be a steady flow of new tax revenues streaming into the City and the State.
Pot Biz: Legal Marijuana Nationwide Could Raise $130 Billion, Add 1 Million Jobs by 2025
420 FILE--Though a key argument for legalizing marijuana in the United States is that it would put a tremendous and necessary dent in the domestic and global failure known as "the War on Drugs," a new analysis out Wednesday reveals that federal legalization could also raise more than $130 billion in tax revenue by 2025 while also creating more than 1.1 million new jobs.