The casualties of California legalizing pot: Growers who went legal August 23, 2022 AggregatedNews California, News & Insights 0 Comments A blue state’s taxes and regulation have boosted corporate producers, leading to the near-death of the small cannabis farmer PETROLIA, Calif. — The Wild Cat Road skips along a ridge line, a narrow half-paved, half washed-out track that once carried… Read More→
Interstate Cannabis Agreements in California August 10, 2022 Hilary Bricken California, Federal 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken I get asked a lot of questions about what California cannabis licensees can and cannot do under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”). California is actually business friendly once… Read More→
Illegal cannabis farms raking in billions for cartels are being destroyed in California August 3, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments California officials are destroying hundreds of illegal marijuana farms worth billions of dollars to drug cartels every year. With a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency grant and a strict state licensing requirement, police have been raiding farms up and down the… Read More→
When Medical Cannabis Makes Sense in California July 18, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken I wrote a post last year entitled, “Does Medical Licensing Make Sense in Recreational Jurisdictions?” The idea – which we’ve seen borne out countless times – is that in jurisdictions that allow recreational… Read More→
Tax cuts leave California pot businesses wanting much more July 9, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Industry leaders say legal operations still face uphill battle against underground market. LOS ANGELES — California’s licensed cannabis businesses are getting a tax cut — and they are disappointed about it. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom raised hopes in the cannabis… Read More→
California Opens Hemp Registrations July 6, 2022 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney @ Harris Bricken For years, California has been a very bad state for the hemp industry. That started to change last year with the passage of AB-45, a bill intended to regulate CBD manufacturing and sales.… Read More→
Darnell Smith is Courting Cocktail Culture with MXXN July 6, 2022 Tom Hymes From Mainstream to Cannabis, Spotlight 0 Comments A new age of infused-beverages has arrived courtesy of advances in emulsion technologies that have unleashed the imaginations of beverage-makers far and wide. Most of the sub-categories in the sector already teem with brands with more arriving every day, and… Read More→
Cannabis tax cuts and pot industry reform are coming to California July 6, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Tax cuts and other reforms are coming to the California cannabis industry as authorities seek to revamp a system that businesses, growers and others say has been stymied by over-regulation. A bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week cuts… Read More→
California may require labels on pot products to warn of mental health risks June 17, 2022 AggregatedNews California 1 Comment Liz Kirkaldie's grandson was in the top of his class in high school and a talented jazz bassist when he started smoking pot. The more serious he got about music, the more serious he got about pot. And the more… Read More→
‘Cannabis king’ sentenced to 22 months in prison for bribing San Luis Obispo politician June 1, 2022 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Helios Dayspring had one goal: build a cannabis empire that, in his words, would be “too big to fail.” But as he acquired hundreds of acres of land to grow the product and opened storefronts along California’s Central Coast to… Read More→
California medical marijuana patients can get free weed. Here’s how June 1, 2022 AggregatedNews Medical Marijuana 0 Comments Just before noon on a sunny California Friday, a very pregnant-looking Charlene Modeste steps out of her L.A. home to meet a driver for the weed delivery service Eaze who hands off a bag containing more than $1,000 worth of… Read More→
California Cannabis Workers: Independent Contractor Exceptions Part II May 23, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments by Griffin Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken California deems nearly all kinds of workers employees. There are, however, some important circumstances where workers may be classified as contractors. In my first post of this series, “Classifying California Cannabis Workers,” I… Read More→
Op-Ed: Why legal weed is losing the war to illegal weed May 22, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, California 0 Comments The market for legal weed is growing. But in California, as elsewhere, it faces serious challenges. We’re not talking about droughts, climate change or supply chain shortages. The biggest challenge is competition from illegal weed. Our best estimate is that… Read More→
Cannabis licensing efforts tied to Anaheim corruption investigation May 20, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Democratic leader Melahat Rafiei, also a consultant to cannabis companies, confirms she's cooperated with FBI for three years. The lure of potential profits, and the fertile ground for corruption, that surround the legal cannabis industry helped unravel a series of… Read More→
Classifying California Cannabis Workers May 18, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken California is one of the trickiest states in the U.S. for employers, and especially for cannabis employers. The numerous, byzantine requirements here simply don’t exist in many other states. Classifying California cannabis workers… Read More→