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LA VERNE, CA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2024: Jacob and Lindsay Dunn with their son Bodhi, 2, own Sow Eden Organics, a CBD-hemp product company September 16, 2024 in La Verne, California. Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing regulations that would immediately render illegal much of the industry and the products it creates. The Dunns are concerned the new regulations will cost them lots of money and might put them out of business.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

‘Catastrophic’: Looming restrictions on popular THC drinks and gummies alarm hemp industry

With Gov. Gavin Newsom pushing emergency regulations on hemp products that contain intoxicating levels of THC, some worry a zero-tolerance approach will imperil a burgeoning industry.

Sept. 21, 2024
Nicole Elliott(right), Governor Newsom's cannabis advisor and his appointee to run the Department of Cannabis Control, speaks at a cannabis growers gathering in 2019.
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California legal weed industry in tumult over pesticides in pot

Sept. 18, 2024
In this Aug. 21, 2019, photo, an industrial hemp plant is shown in Clayton Township, Mich. The legalization of industrial hemp is spurring U.S. farmers into unfamiliar terrain, tempting them with profits amid turmoil in agriculture while proving to be a tricky endeavor in the early stages. Up for grabs is a lucrative market, one that could grow more than five-fold globally by 2025, driven by demand for cannabidiol. The compound does not cause a high like that of marijuana and is hyped as a health product to reduce anxiety, treat pain and promote sleep. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Newsom urges emergency rules to curb sale of hemp products with potent high

Sept. 6, 2024
DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA - JUNE 30, 2017: Adult cannabis plants grow inside a temperature controlled room at Canndescent on June 30, 2017 in Desert Hot Springs, California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Raid finds an illegal weed grow in home owned by Oakland police officer

Sept. 3, 2024
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. -- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019: Patrons Connor Cacciottolo, left, and friend Tim Hitpas, right, enjoy a joint at Lowell Cafe, a new restaurant and cannabis bar in West Hollywood allows diners to smoke marijuana inside and out thanks to a new license issued by the city in West Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 1, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes

Aug. 29, 2024

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Legal Weed, Broken Promises: A Times series on the fallout of legal pot in California

California’s legalization of recreational cannabis in 2016 ushered in a multibillion-dollar industry. But many of the promises of legalization have proved elusive.
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SF.saddleback.1.0722.AW Saddleback Butte, the namesake for Saddleback Butte State Park . It is 3,000 acres and east of Lancaster. There are trails for hiking, biking, and horse back riding as well as picnic and overnight camping areas.Photo/Art by:Annie Wells

Outlaw cannabis grow sites are raided near California state parks

Authorities raided illegal cannabis operations near Saddleback Butte State Park in the Antelope Valley and Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park in Allensworth.

July 17, 2024
A West Coast Cure vape cartridge tested for pesticides.

California recalls cannabis vape many months after it was told of contamination

June 26, 2024
FILE - Supreme Court justices preside over a trial in Brasilia, Brazil, June 30, 2023. Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, moved toward decriminalizing possession of marijuana for personal use. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use

June 25, 2024
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs an executive order to issue more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions on Monday, June 17, 2024 in Annapolis, Md. Maryland Secretary of State Susan Lee is seated left. Standing left to right are Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Shiloh Jordan, Jason Ortiz, director of strategic initiatives for Last Prisoner Project and Heather Warnken, executive director of the University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice. (AP Phopto/Brian Witte)

Maryland governor signs order pardoning more than 175,000 marijuana convictions

June 17, 2024
An array of products advertised as containing synthetically derived delta-8 THC is offered for sale at a smoke shop.

Column: A California crackdown on ‘diet weed’ could devastate patients who rely on CBD

June 16, 2024

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June 14, 2024
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The dirty secret of California’s legal weed

June 14, 2024

Martha’s Vineyard is about to run out of pot. That’s led to a lawsuit and a scramble by regulators

June 10, 2024

Nasty surprise for new homeowners: Daily fines for previous owners’ pot operation

June 3, 2024
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