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FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, a vendor makes change for a marijuana customer.

Opinion: I’m the Black owner of a national cannabis company. Here’s why there aren’t many others

The SAFE Banking Act would help legal cannabis firms access financial services, creating opportunities for people of color, writes former NBA player Al Harrington.

Sept. 16, 2023

Maha Haq blows smoke over downtown Los Angeles.

After starting UCLA’s cannabis club, she unexpectedly became a weed whisperer for Gen Z

Maha Haq is known for being an L.A. cannabis educator, connector and rising star. Just don’t call her a weed influencer.

Sept. 14, 2023

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Mike Tyson and Ric Flair tag-team the cannabis space and wait, is that Evander Holyfield?
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Buy a bong, support a Latino artisan through this stylish L.A. brand

Photo illustration of cannabis with a stethoscope looped around it.

California medical marijuana patients can get free weed. Here’s how

A collage illustration of Seth Rogen with a yellow house, golden dog and tree sized cannabis bud.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s weed house is actually really chic? Take a look

Photo illustration of a mother and daughter making food. A green cloud with marijuana leaves behind the mother.

‘I’m not doing anything wrong’: Pot-smoking L.A. moms on parenting while high

The future of weed isn’t in California. It’s somewhere totally unexpected

Want to get high (but not too high) this holiday season? Here are 7 low-dose options

Black Girl Magic meets Jazz Age speakeasy at this new L.A. pot shop

Learn how to roll a joint like a rock star with L.A. roots

I thought I hated yoga. Then I tried ‘stoned yoga’ in L.A.

I needed answers. My hunt to find the backstory of the perfect pot pipe

Ricky Williams talks cannabis, the NFL and pain management

Check out Stone Road, an off-the-grid cannabis farm with big cannatourism dreams

Legal Weed, Broken Promises

The reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths

Satellite image shows cannabis greenhouses and gardens rise from the ashes of the North Complex fire.

Nobody knows how widespread illegal cannabis grows are in California. So we mapped them

‘$250,000 cash in a brown paper bag.’ How legal weed unleashed corruption in California
Killings, robberies, extortion. California can’t stop its booming illegal cannabis stores
Inside California’s pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings
California promised ‘social equity’ after pot legalization. Those hit hardest feel betrayed
California was supposed to clear cannabis convictions. Tens of thousands are still languishing
New details show sprawling web of corruption in Southern California cannabis licensing

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Nervous about going to an L.A. weed shop? This beginner’s guide will help
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In Depth

Employees trim marijuana leaves in an outdoor farm, where a Thai strain of marijuana is grown, owned by Wisan Potprasat on September 25, 2022 in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. On June 9, 2022 Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legally allow use of marijuana for recreational use, when the government officially decriminalized marijuana cultivation and possession. Subsequently marijuana dispensaries have begun to appear throughout Bangkok with vendors selling imported and thai strains as medicinal and recreational products. Over 300 licenses to grow cannabis throughout the country have been awarded to local growers hoping to break into the burgeoning market. Photo by Lauren DeCicca for The LA Times

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Forget California and Amsterdam: Thailand wants to become the new king of weed

In June, Thailand became the only country in Asia to legalize marijuana, igniting a green rush that has seduced farmers, corporations and others.

Photo montage of eight cannabis dispensary owners with marijuana leaves scattered around.

8 trailblazing weed shop owners who survived the war on drugs — and City Hall

They came out of the ‘cannabis closet’ to help other Asian Americans do the same

Looking back at the absolutely unexpected and totally wild origin of 420

Column One: Marijuana seller’s story of ‘badass’ Mexican sisters was a cultural misstep, Latinas say
Blowing smoke? Lawsuit accuses popular cannabis brand of overstating THC content in its joints
Jerry Garcia’s marijuana pipe takes a long, strange trip and ends up in a Marin County antique shop

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FILE - Marijuana plants are seen at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y., May 12, 2023. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders hailed it Wednesday, Aug. 30, as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

U.S. regulators might change how they classify marijuana. Here’s what that would mean

When it emerged this week that U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana, the news lit up the world of weed.

Sept. 1, 2023

An employee shows a growing cannabis or hemp plant in a box at the Cannabis Museum in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Germany's Cabinet is set to approve a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, setting the scene for the European Union's most populous member to decriminalize possession of limited amounts and allow members of "cannabis clubs" to buy the substance for recreational purposes. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Cabinet approves plan to liberalize cannabis possession and sale

Aug. 16, 2023

Former Adelanto mayor sentenced to prison in cannabis bribery scheme

Aug. 4, 2023

Photos of the top five cannabis beverages from the list.

Weed drinks have gotten so much better. Here are 5 worth trying

Aug. 3, 2023

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CA, JUNE 5, 2016 - Sunshine Johnston, 43, squeezes a bit of oil from a cannabis bud to smell for quality. She and her husband, Eric, 41, run a small sustainable cannabis farm that may be threatened by proposed distibution laws should recreational marijuana use become legal in California. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Marijuana farm’s ex-manager leads 10 masked men in armed robbery, authorities say

July 25, 2023

This gadget is a near-perfect way to consume weed. Here’s why it makes me angry

June 22, 2023

Slow start to New York’s legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag

June 4, 2023

A prostitute’s ghost and bullet holes: In rural California hotels, spookiness is the appeal

May 26, 2023

Weed war: Raids on licensed farms and dog shooting spark outrage

May 19, 2023

World & Nation

Singapore hangs second man in three weeks for trafficking marijuana

May 17, 2023
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Cannabis workers face death and exploitation. California is stepping in after Times investigation

May 5, 2023
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I went to Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concert and left with a lot of weed wisdom

April 30, 2023
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CEO of Cookies pot brand accused of kickbacks, strong-arm tactics

April 28, 2023
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Singapore hangs man for coordinating delivery of a kilo of marijuana

April 26, 2023
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Can you smoke a joint at the Hollywood Bowl? And other burning weed questions answered

April 12, 2023
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Column: California’s cannabis industry is broken. But here’s how we can fix one part of it

April 10, 2023
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8 wacky ways to get high without smoking

March 23, 2023
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Corruption is widespread in California’s weed industry. Now, the state is taking action

March 23, 2023
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Labor unions’ objections delay California investigation into wage theft system

March 22, 2023
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My significant other travels a lot for work. Here’s how I cope with her absence

March 3, 2023
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What’s it like to take a $249 drug-free psychedelic trip? We found out

Feb. 17, 2023

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