Bill To Restrict Marijuana Packaging Appealing To Children Gains Support In Assembly

May 18, 2023 2:45 amMay 18, 2023 2:46 am

A bill to restrict marijuana products with packaging that appeals to children continued to gain traction in the Assembly, with more votes shifting in favor of the bill in recent weeks. Assembly Bill 1207, authored by Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand...

California and Drug Decriminalization: A Long and Complicated Issue

March 10, 2022 2:49 amMarch 9, 2022 9:43 pm

The decriminalization of drugs, especially harder drugs in the FDA’s schedule I territory, has always been an odd issue in California. Growing up in Ohio, California was always the punchline of drug jokes by our very decidedly not funny D.A.R.E....

California Supreme Court Rules 5-2 That Prisoners Cannot Possess Marijuana While In Prison

August 14, 2021 2:50 amAugust 18, 2021 10:30 am

The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that prisoners in California’s penal system could not legally possess marijuana while in prison, overturning a lower court ruling. The question over whether prison inmates should be able to have marijuana has been...

Interstate Highway Billboards for Cannabis Ruled Illegal Statewide By SLO County Judge

November 25, 2020 5:48 amNovember 27, 2020 7:53 am

Last weekend San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Ginger Garrett ruled that all billboards advertising for marijuana and cannabis products in California are now illegal due to the wording in Proposition 64. Proposition 64, which California voters passed in 2016,...