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1 month ago | 
greenstate.com | Lester Black |Rachelle Gordon |Cara Wietstock |Charlotte Matthews
*This article first appeared on SFGate.com and is reposted with permissionThe Food and Drug Administration warned a California cannabis company on Monday that its injectable hemp CBD could be posing “serious harm” to public health, telling the company that its product is violating federal law. Pico IV sells a purified version of CBD, a non-intoxicating compound produced by cannabis, that is designed to be injected into the bloodstream through an intravenous infusion.
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2 months ago | 
greenstate.com | Lester Black |Cara Wietstock |Rachelle Gordon
*This article first appeared on SFGate.com and is reposted with permission. California’s legal cannabis market has hit another grim milestone: There are now 10,828 inactive and surrendered pot licenses in the state and only 8,514 active ones, meaning dead pot licenses now outnumber active ones, according to the Department of Cannabis Control’s data dashboard. This inversion comes seven years after the legal cannabis market opened.
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2 months ago | 
greenstate.com | Lester Black |Cara Wietstock
Meanwhile, the state’s Department of Cannabis Control, or DCC, is facing a $23 million budget deficit this year. The looming shortfall has left the agency considering raising licensing fees, a core part of its revenue, thus charging pot companies more to participate in the legal market.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
greenstate.com | Lester Black |Rachelle Gordon |Cara Wietstock
*This article first appeared on SFGate.comImelda Walavalkar can still remember what people said when she first started selling packs of miniature joints shorter than her pinky finger.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
greenstate.com | Lester Black |Pam Chmiel |Rachelle Gordon |Cara Wietstock
*This article first appeared on SFGate.comIn the late spring of 2015, Gavin Newsom traveled north to Humboldt County to rally support for legalizing cannabis. Pot farmers in the historic cannabis growing region were deeply skeptical of legalization, fearing that big corporations would wipe out their small family farms. Newsom, then a lieutenant governor, came with both a warning and a promise.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
health.usnews.com | Lester Black |Gretel Schueller
Getty ImagesThanks to daylight saving time, twice a year we get to reset our clocks. On the second Sunday of March, the majority of Americans "spring" their clocks an hour forward, losing one hour overnight. Daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday in November, when we set our clocks back, gaining an extra hour. (Officially, it's daylight saving time, not daylight savings time. But don't feel bad if you thought there was an extra s.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
greenstate.com | Lester Black |Rachelle Gordon |Cara Wietstock
*This article first appeared on SFGate.comCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom’s controversial emergency ban on all hemp THC products in California was approved by the Office of Administrative Law on Monday afternoon, effectively shutting down a thriving product category within California’s cannabis industry.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
greenstate.com | Rachelle Gordon |Cara Wietstock |Lester Black
Cannabis may be legal in most states, but many Americans are still waiting for their chance to free the plant. Despite years of activism and political pressure, certain communities have yet to move the needle. One cannabis protest-turned-celebration is marking over five decades of fighting for the cause.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
greenstate.com | Cara Wietstock |Rachelle Gordon |Lester Black
Riot Fest is back with three days of punk rock in Illinois. The lineup brings some of the best in rock and roll, like Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Lamb of God, Taking Back Sunday, The Buzzcocks, and so many more to Chicago. This year will be a little different, though, because, for the first time ever, WYNK plans to be on-site with cannabis drinks–and even gave away a year’s supply to one lucky winner.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
greenstate.com | Cara Wietstock |Rachelle Gordon |Lester Black
Cannabis and athletics no longer exist on separate islands. Major leagues have stopped drug testing for the plant, and the Olympics are even getting heat for continuing their anti-cannabis stance. Even locally, athletes are merging their favorite pastimes with the plant. This is the mission of Rolling Stonerz, a cannabis-themed Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) tournament held regularly in Connecticut.
