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MedMen in West Hollywood Gustavo Turner/L.A. Weekly THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2016 AT 8:07 A.M. BY DENNIS ROMERO Cannabis can be legally sold by medical marijuana dispensaries in cities that allow it. But the weed that comes in the back door has long been subject to murky regulations, at best — and producers often risk daunting jail time.Under California’s Medical

  The city of Lynwood is close to approving a measure that would allow businesses to grow medical marijuana within city limits. If it gains final passage, the southeast city of 70,000 would be among the first in Los Angeles County to issue such permits. On a 3-1 vote, the City Council on Tuesday approved the first reading of

By BROOKE EDWARDS STAGGS / Staff Writer SANTA ANA – Orange County’s 11th licensed medical marijuana dispensary, Bud and Bloom, opened at an interesting time. Less than two weeks before the Santa Ana shop welcomed its first patient, Californians voted to legalize marijuana for all adults. Though the new rules of Proposition 64 won’t let dispensaries

By Omar Sacirbey Southern California’s medical cannabis industry is one of the largest in the country, but it’s also one of the most chaotic and controversial given the proliferation of unregulated, unscrupulous dispensaries in the Los Angeles area. CalCann Holdings hopes to change that. The company is looking to help build the region up into a reputable hub for

MARIJUANA: Owners of weed businesses say levies may stoke illegal market.By HENRY MEIER   LA BUSINESS JOURNAL Friday, November 25, 2016 Proposition 64’s backers were not shy about touting the potential $1 billion yearly tax windfall the state Legislative Analyst’s Office said the legalization of recreational pot could bring to California. But those same levies, along with a

By BROOKE EDWARDS STAGGS AND WILL HOUSTON / STAFF WRITERS – OC Register California’s 103-year-old prohibition on recreational marijuana is officially at an end, with final results showing Proposition 64 passed with 56 percent of the vote. “This is, I think, the beginning of the end of the war on marijuana in the United States, not just here

By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist  Election 2016 proved momentous for the marijuana industry. Nine states decided whether to legalize the medical use of marijuana or allow recreational use for adults, and voters in at least seven of them — notably California — supported those moves. Success of the ballot measures were projected to vault cannabis to a $21 billion industry by

By Debra Borchardt, Forbes Ballot measures to legalize recreational marijuana succeeded Tuesday in California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine. Medical marijuana has been legalized in North Dakota, Arkansas, Florida and Montana (again). Only Arizona voters said no to their marijuana legislation. Now, the question is, will President Trump allow it? It was generally expected that California