Cannabis

Thanks to new state regulations, local dispensaries can invite customers to enjoy purchases on-site, opening a new business lane.

Dec 23, 2024

As pretty much everyone expected, 2024 has turned out to be a challenging and in some respects horrendous year for cannabis in California.

Dec 4, 2024

Prospects for legalization don’t look good, and an impending excise tax could make matters worse in California.

Nov 13, 2024

Hopes for federal legalization have been all but dashed, especially if the GOP takes both houses of Congress.

Oct 30, 2024

Nobody should be a one-issue voter in 2024 unless that issue is preserving democracy and the rule of law (or destroying them if that’s your bag).

Oct 2, 2024

One of the weirdest outcomes of cannabis legalization is that the cops now bust people largely on behalf of the legal pot industry.

Sep 25, 2024

In 2018, a loophole in federal law created a market for potentially problematic or even dangerous hemp products that can get you high.