Bay Area Marijuana 4/20 Day Events Celebrating Legalization
A wide variety of events is on tap Friday in the Bay Area celebrating 4/20 in this, the first year that recreational use of marijuana for adults is legal in California.
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A wide variety of events is on tap Friday in the Bay Area celebrating 4/20 in this, the first year that recreational use of marijuana for adults is legal in California.
California's first legal 4/20 festivities kick off on Friday, but do you really know what you're smoking?
Bay Area pot shops are getting ready to celebrate 4/20, but the state of California has issued a warning that could fine dispensaries if they break the rules.
President Donald Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug, a move that could lift a threat to the industry made by the U.S. attorney general just three months ago.
John Boehner is heading for the boardroom of a cannabis company, the former Speaker of the House announced Wednesday.
There's mounting opposition to growing legal pot outdoors in Sonoma County.
Cannabis buyers in Berkeley are getting a tax break as the city has dropped its taxes on marijuana from 10 percent to five percent. The main reason for the drop is to fight a booming black market.
The Sonoma County District Attorney's Office is directing staff to begin clearing nearly 3,000 cannabis-related convictions.
There's a California bill that could allow cannabis to be a veterinary care option.
American Indian tribes that say they have been cut out of California's legal marijuana market have raised the possibility of establishing pot businesses outside the state-regulated system.
Some artists in Oakland say the cannabis industry is pushing them. For painter Arthur Monroe, The Oakland Cannery is where it all began.
SFUSD officials said the substance caused "adverse reactions" and the students' symptoms were consistent with "marijuana intoxication."
Berkeley has become a sanctuary city for the adult use of cannabis.
The Oakland Cannery was the first live/work art space in the city and now it is threatened by cannabis investors.
Dennis Peron, an activist who was among the first people to argue for the benefits of marijuana for AIDS patients and helped legalize medical pot in California, died Saturday at 72.
California pot shop proprietors are concerned that bottlenecks are slowing the supply chain from fields to storefronts.
In S.F., sales of recreational marijuana began at 9 a.m. Saturday. Six dispensaries in the city confirmed that they're selling recreational weed and all received their state licenses to sell on Friday. Other shops are expected to get approval soon.
San Francisco, the counter-culture hub where marijuana smoke has been a fixture for half a century, was late to establish local regulations and won't have any retail outlets open for business until later in the week.
New laws in effect Monday cover topics ranging from Trump's immigration crackdown to the new recreational marijuana market to the price of a college education.
The world's largest legal recreational marijuana market kicks off Monday in California, and the trendsetting state is set to ignite the cannabis culinary scene.
With the Jan. 1 start date for legal sales of recreational marijuana in California looming, dozens of current and potential cannabis entrepreneurs came to a summit in Oakland Wednesday to hear state officials explain the rules they must follow.
Some state and local elected officials called for less restrictive regulations for adult cannabis use in San Francisco.
You could call it mother's little helper. A new survey found that 20 percent of parents use pot. Emma Cunningham is one of them.
The number of people living with dementia worldwide is expected to triple in the next 50 years. Scientists are intrigued by the possibility that marijuana derivatives may slow dementia's advance.
With hundreds of illegal marijuana grow gardens pockmarking the landscape, the Siskiyou County sheriff believes there's an interstate cartel at work. But some locals say he's not on the level.
