New recreational cannabis taxes are increasing costs for consumers
Rebecca Olmos,
Contributor
January 31, 2018
Higher prices are causing people to shop around The excitement over California’s legalization of recreational cannabis has been met with some frustration. California’s medical cannabis patients and new recreational customers have noticed that there have been new taxes added onto their purchases. Cannabis...
Time for sports leagues to change their approach on medical marijuana
Terrence Allen,
Contributor
November 16, 2017
Medical marijuana has been a recurring topic in government legislation over the past few years, but until recently, the conversation hadn’t emerged in the sports arena. States have their own laws surrounding medical marijuana, but professional sports leagues need to have dialogue about their rules...
Milpitas forms marijuana committee
Rebecca Olmos,
Contributor
November 3, 2017
City passes temporary ban in response to Prop 64 On Nov. 8th, 2016, 57 percent of Californians voted yes on Proposition 64, at which point the consumption and growing of marijuana for recreational purposes became legal throughout the entire state. In January the recreational sales of marijuana will go ...
Feds drop charges against cannabis club
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
May 11, 2016
Don’t quit. That’s what I was always taught. The Federal Government must not have been taught that same lesson, because on May 3 they did exactly that: Quit. The white towel was thrown, charges against Harborside Health Center will be dropped. This decision, supported by Congresswoman Barbara Lee and accompanied by a statement by ...
Livermore suspends medical marijuana sales
Oscar Murillo,
Contributor
January 27, 2016
The Livermore City Council decided on Jan. 11 to suspend the sale of medical marijuana for 18 months in order to make sure that the licenses are going to the patients who need it. “The benefit is to have local control of who gets medicinal marijuana and to preserve the rights,” said John Marcha...
