Cannabis has been legal in California (in some form or another) since 1996. But since then, the patchwork of city, county, and state laws (to say nothing of the slowly-evolving federal laws) has understandably led to some confusion about exactly what is legal where – and for whom. There has…
Several marijuana-related bills were signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom recently. Among them: A measure to allow legal marijuana businesses to take advantage of more tax deductions – in a departure from IRS policy. A measure to provide free medical marijuana to low-income patients – and exempting those products…
From grow operations to dispensaries to high end paraphernalia that works with smartphones, there is seemingly no end to the growth potential of the cannabis industry. According to a recent news article by USA Today, a wealthy cannabis company has just purchased a remote California town to create what they…
As of November 2016, recreational marijuana use is legal within the state of California. As Californians have begun to enjoy the benefits of this law, they are learning a hard lesson: federal law enforcement can trump state law, even within state borders. The conflict between state and federal law is…