Marijuana and Wildfires in California: This Is the Story

California needs rain desperately. Fueled by large trees in massive canyons, a combined 6,000 acres has now burnt down by 18 wildfires. The worst of them blazed through marijuana country, torching full drying rooms, budding gardens, beloved homes, and entire ways of life. The fire season could rage unhindered until the first heavy rains fall in December. An estimated five times the quantity of marijuana that California needs is growing in the state. It is the largest domestic producer of cannabis in the United States, cultivating 13.5 million pounds every…

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Black market operators are robbing the country of millions of tax dollars

It will take the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department many yearsto shut down illegal pot shops operating in LA County if they continue to raid them at their present pace of one a week. Right from the outset of legalization, the biggest fear was that the black market would undermine legal marijuana operations and that is exactly what is happening. The magnitude of the problem is illustrated by the fact that in April State regulators sent more than 600 cease-and-desist letters to suspected illegal pot operators. The SCC blames stigma for…

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Invaluable Tips for Buying Marijuana Online

Online marijuana sales have increased by almost 200%, adding impetus to the fact that more and more Americans are buying their weed from the comfort of their homes. Trends in online marijuana sales were uncoveredin a study spanning 12 years. The results were published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. This was the first time that a scientific analysis of online weed sales was conducted. Spotlighting Google searches for online weed sales between 2005 and 2017, researchers pointed out that by June 2017, 2.4 million searches were recorded in…

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LA Has Amended Local Commercial Cannabis Regs

The Los Angeles City Council has shoved its slow-motion legal cannabis process into gear with a number of amendments to existing regulations. Not only is it drafting legislation to reinvest weed taxes back into the community but has also called on its City Attorney and other departments to become more pro-active by clarifying, tightening and technically repairing the city’s current commercial cannabis legislation. The City Council has also introduced more stringent regulations for the licensing granting process to previously convicted felons. With California earmarked as the biggest marijuana marketplace worldwide,…

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The UK is the world’s biggest exporter of medical cannabis but dismisses its value as an effective treatment

The United Kingdom is the biggest exporter of legal marijuana but maintains its stick-in-the-mud conservative approach to decriminalizing the plant. Classified as a Class B drug, marijuana falls into the same category as amphetamines like barbiturates and speed, cathinones which include mephedrone, as well as synthetic cannabinoids. Ironically similar to the U.S. The irony of this situation is not dissimilar to the United States where recreational pot is being legalized at State-level but is still outlawed by the federal government which classifies it as a Schedule One drug, in the…

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