Tiffany Devitt News Today

Since the start of the pandemic, numerous small-family licensed cannabis farmers are just scraping by owing to market vulnerability and many cannot afford to put plants in the ground or harvest a product that won’t make a profit.

The county's Board of Supervisors unanimously supported directing its Cannabis Licensing Office to, alongside stakeholders, explore updates to policies related to the sale, consumption and cultivation of cannabis that could support the industry in the short to medium-term.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed the controversial Assembly Bill 1207, known as the Cannabis Candy Child Safety Act.

The growing popularity of hemp-derived CBD products in recent years has become both a blessing and a challenge.

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Neighbors say they noticed a change when a warehouse on the 2400 block of Fourth St. in Berkeley was sold.

Senate Bill 1097, sponsored by Sen. Richard Pan, is scheduled for a committee hearing April 4.

Despite popular approval of Prop. 64, only 85 of the state’s 500 municipalities allow retail cannabis sales.

Small cannabis growers and operators say heavy state taxes could cause many in the legal marijuana business to shut down for good.

It stinks to be in the cannabis industry in California right now.