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Priority certification is being offered to applicants who hope to open cannabis businesses in communities disproportionately impacted by the drug war.

All five companies selected by the state had paid the $100,000 licensing fee and posted the $500,000 performance bond needed to receive the licenses.

The Los Angeles City Council has agreed to scale up the city’s cannabis staff eightfold in order to speed what some critics are calling a slow rollout.

The aide was working in the Compton field office of Rep. Janice Hahn in 2015 when he told an illegal cannabis shop it would be shut down if he couldn’t reach a deal with owners, prosecutors say.

The selected lab will test marijuana for contaminants including pesticides and to ensure that levels of the cannabinoid THC are accurately labeled.

Arkansas took the first step toward launching its medical marijuana program, as state regulators named the five businesses they intend to license to cultivate cannabis.

The business plans to charge an entry fee to the bring-your-own space where people can vape or consume edible cannabis products.

Tribes floated the idea of setting up farms and retail sales on reservations after concluding that state rules would strip them of their right to self-governance.

Legislation introduced by a Republican state senator would hold up grower, processor, and tester licenses until program flaws can be addressed.

“In order to have regulation, an agency has to have enough resources to be effective at enforcement of the regulations,” the Deschutes County sheriff said. “Oregon does not have this.”