Marijuana

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‘Little death bombs’: Illegal cannabis farms poison California’s forests. Who’s cleaning them up?

Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers.

经过 雷切尔贝克尔 • 2 月 9, 2026

正义

Cops have to treat marijuana in your car differently after new California Supreme Court ruling

If you can't easily consume it, having marijuana in your car does not give California police the right to search the vehicle.

经过 杜赞奇 • 1 月 29, 2026

政治

California’s marijuana industry gets a break under new law suspending tax hike

California's legal weed industry is still overshadowed by the larger black market. A new state law gives businesses a break by delaying a tax increase.

经过 Nadia Lathan • 9 月 23, 2025

正义

California cannabis companies hoped Trump would be an ally. Then the raids happened

Federal agents arrested hundreds of workers after immigration sweeps at a California cannabis company, stoking fears that President Trump might target the marijuana industry.

经过 阿列克谢·科塞夫 • 7 月 19, 2025

政治

‘This tax could kill this industry.’ California cannabis operators brace for increase

California’s excise tax on legal weed is increasing, despite efforts to keep it lower to help the struggling industry. Lawmakers left it out of the state budget they passed Monday.

经过 阿列克谢·科塞夫 • 7 月 1, 2025

经济

Cannabis cafes and entertainment zones among new laws for 2025

The state is allowing more on-street alcohol sales and food in cannabis lounges. Supporters say the laws will boost downtown economies.

经过 CalMatters Staff • 12 月 16, 2024

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Cannabis grower to pay $750,000 for violating state water, wildlife regulations

State officials said a Humboldt County cannabis operation took water from streams and damaged wetlands for years without authorization. The owner called the fine extreme and unfair but agreed to pay and restore wetlands.

经过 雷切尔贝克尔 • 2 月 2, 2024

经济

California new laws for 2024: Employees get protection for using cannabis

Under two new laws, employers in California can’t ask workers about their use of cannabis outside the workplace and can’t use hair or urine tests. Employees in construction are excluded, as are applicants for federal jobs with background checks.

经过 利维·苏玛盖赛 • 12 月 27, 2023

评论

California wants to rollback environmental rules for cannabis. That won’t help ailing growers

California's environmental regulations are not to blame for the struggles of small pot farmers. County permitting decisions, the local political climate, and the inability of law enforcement to eradicate illicit cultivation have been much bigger hurdles.

By Rosalie Liccardo Pacula and Michael Sutton • 11 月 14, 2023

政治

Medical cannabis paved the way for legalization in California. Now patients feel left behind

Frustration runs deep among medical cannabis patients and advocates who say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting their needs.

经过 阿列克谢·科塞夫 • 8 月 1, 2023