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California’s high driving tests have some serious flaws

California’s high driving tests have some serious flaws

January 26, 2018

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Though social use cannabis sales have already started in California, lawmakers are still trying to figure out the best way to definitively determine if someone...

California cannabis users show up for the state's first day of social cannabis legalization

California cannabis users show up for the state’s first day of social cannabis legalization

January 2, 2018

While cannabis for medical use has been legal in California for two decades, residents in San Diego, Oakland and Sacramento lined up at the dispensary on Monday to celebrate the state's social legalization...

Will California help solve the cannabis industry’s banking problem?

Will California help solve the cannabis industry’s banking problem?

December 22, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Everyone in the cannabis world knows the industry has a banking problem. Since cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, federally-regulated banks are...

Here’s what LA’s cannabis future looks like

Here’s what LA’s cannabis future looks like

September 15, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Retail sales of cannabis will begin in California in January, and according to new research, it’s going to bring massive changes to the state’s largest...

Could a state-run bank for the cannabis industry be in California's future?

Could a state-run bank for the cannabis industry be in California’s future?

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 16, 2017

California government, financial and cannabis leaders met last week in a debate on whether a state-run bank could solve the cannabis industry’s banking problem. The 17-member group included representatives...

Los Angeles to hold first Olympic Games amid legalized cannabis

Los Angeles to hold first Olympic Games amid legalized cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 3, 2017

The city of Los Angeles has reached a deal that will bring the 2028 Olympic Games to Southern California, the first time the event will be held amid an adult-use social cannabis market. While officials...

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