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Code Blue! California’s medical cannabis ID card system has collapsed
David Downs - Published on November 11, 2019Read moreIn a state with 40 million people, only 4,551 patients obtained the official patient card last fiscal year.
Vape injury update: CDC confirms vitamin E acetate as ‘very strong culprit’
David Downs - Published on November 8, 2019Read moreThe CDC identified vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent used in illicit market THC vape cartridges, present in 29 of 29 lung fluid samples from patients in 10 states.
Here’s why there are so few legal cannabis stores in Los Angeles
David Downs - Published on October 31, 2019Read moreThe city of 4 million has no target dates for more licensed, operational stores in the next two years.
Gifting cannabis to the terminally ill becomes tax-exempt in California
David Downs - Published on October 29, 2019Read moreUnder Prop. 64 it actually cost money to give away medicine to patients in need. But how much can growers afford to give?
Farmers rejoice: Harvest season flips to seller’s market
David Downs - Published on October 15, 2019Read morePrices are up for outdoor cannabis in the legal states, buoying farmers, but frustrating deal-hunters.
Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine fixers indicted in US cannabis corruption scheme
David Downs - Published on October 10, 2019Read moreThree Soviet Union-born US citizens linked to Rudy Guilani and Ukraine have been indicted for illegal campaign donations in Nevada.
Massive power outage threatens NorCal cannabis harvest
David Downs - Published on October 9, 2019Read moreCountless millions of dollars of crops could spoil over five days.
Farm to freezer: Why ‘fresh-frozen’ is taking over the cannabis harvest
David Downs - Published on October 9, 2019Read moreFreezing a cannabis harvest has gone from bizarre to mandatory. Here’s why.
California vape maker Kushy Punch caught making illegal products
David Downs - Published on October 4, 2019Read moreState officials suspect legal products were going out the front door, while illegal products slipped out the back.
The top 9 cannabis strains of the fall 2019 harvest season
David Downs - Published on September 24, 2019Read moreIt’s the Year of the MAC for fall harvest 2019. Plus, Sherbacio, Dosi Punch, OZ Kush, and classics like Durban are coming down from the fields.