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Data Shows Celebrity Cannabis Brands Outshine Traditional Brands. In this week’s cannabis news round-up, data shows celebrity cannabis brands are outselling traditional brands in California; Maryland’s booming cannabis market is poised to reach billion-dollar status; Maine reports record-breaking

State-level regulations are preventing the California cannabis industry from flourishing. Since 2020, over 50 Californian states have implemented regulation to enable retail sales of adult use cannabis, however, Hirsh Jain at Ananda Strategy has highlighted that only 18 dispensaries have opened

The proposal to expand zoning was scaled back, and parts of La Jolla, Mission Beach and Old Town were eliminated. SAN DIEGO - Complaints and criticism have prompted San Diego officials to back away in part from recent proposals to sharply expand where in the city dozens of new cannabis dispensaries

Chico Police Officer faces felony charges for furnishing Marijuana to a minor and contributing to delinquency. A Chico police officer has been charged in a criminal complaint with a felony for furnishing marijuana and a misdemeanour for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to a news

Marijuana fans will be celebrating "710" on Monday, with dispensaries encouraging people to get high via cannabis wax, vaping, resins and dabs. Now that recreational pot has been legalized in 23 states, the cannabis industry is borrowing a marketing trick from the booze industry: “hangover holidays

Cannabis license holders in Santa Barbara County must pay quarterly taxes or risk losing their licenses. Santa Barbara County officials are stepping up rules to get cannabis businesses to be current on their tax payments. On June 27, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved harsher

Criminals target Oakland cannabis business using a forklift. OAKLAND - Oakland police are investigating three separate crimes against cannabis businesses in West Oakland. The businesses were targeted overnight and one case involves the use of a forklift. Surveillance video obtained by KTVU shows an

In what they call a “major operation,” Placer County Sheriff’s Office deputies, detectives and special events (SET) team executed a search warrant at a property on Northridge Road in unincorporated Lincoln and made six arrests, on Monday. Placer County Sheriff's Office said they “discovered six

A temporary ban on cannabis businesses was approved to address concerns of oversupply, black market sales, and public safety in San Francisco. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted on June 6 to implement a citywide halt on issuing new cannabis business licenses for the next four-and-a-half

San Francisco supervisors are considering a pause on applications for new cannabis shops for the next three years. The ordinance passed its first reading unanimously on Tuesday afternoon. KRON4 spoke with three men who own separate companies in the cannabis industry in San Francisco. Those in favor

A house fire in Moreno Valley was caused by an illegal electrical bypass to grow marijuana, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported Monday. Deputies from the Moreno Valley Station responded to the 15000 block of Carolina Avenue, near Lasselle Street, around 7 p.m. Sunday to a report of a

The potential of a 360-degree marketing extravaganza combining cannabis and wine promises to captivate new audiences and create unprecedented brand experiences. ( Benzinga) In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Teddy Cabugos, president and director of Sunstone Winery, discussed the incorporation