California Bill Would Ease Erasure Of Pot Convictions
A Democratic lawmaker wants to make it easier for Californians with marijuana convictions to reduce or erase their records as the state moves into the next phase of legalized pot.
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A Democratic lawmaker wants to make it easier for Californians with marijuana convictions to reduce or erase their records as the state moves into the next phase of legalized pot.
Just days after legal sales began, there are concerns that not enough companies are licensed and ready to transport pot. Some predict that within weeks, cannabis could be marooned at fields and warehouses while dispensary shelves go barren.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in California.
Businesses are being asked to document sales and transfers of pot manually.
California state lawmakers in 2017 passed nearly 900 bills that Gov. Jerry Brown then signed into law. Most of them take effect Monday.
Beginning Monday, anyone with a valid government ID that shows you're at least 21-years-old will be able to buy marijuana for recreational use.
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State laws legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational purposes are in stark conflict with federal law, which treats the drug as a controlled substance in the same category as heroin.
More than 40 dispensaries in the Las Vegas area will offer discounts on marijuana flower products, edibles such as chocolates, and concentrates.
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California's legal marijuana marketplace is coming with a kaleidoscope of new taxes and fees that could influence where it's grown, how pot cookies and other munchies are produced and the price tag on just about everything.
As California gets ready to legalize it, finding pot in your kids' candy is much more plausible than finding razors in it this Halloween.
A stash of marijuana worth an estimated $10,000 was found at a Redlands cemetery, police said.
Violators will have to pay a $70 fine.
The raid uncovered a massive marijuana grow operation -- nearly 20,000 plants valued at more than $50 million.
Riverside County Sheriff's Department will investigate if the plants are legal due to rules in different jurisdictions.
Communities across California are still working out how to regulate legal marijuana, but one major group is worried it will be pushed out of the market its worked so hard to get access to.
Six months after voters legalized marijuana with Proposition 64, the state has released the first draft of regulations for the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry set to take effect Jan. 1.
Edibles are the fastest-growing segment of the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry.
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