MORE ON: california marijuana

Daily Report: Money and Politics, Public Safety

Officials seize less Calif. marijuana, see more on private land

September 26, 2012, 12:05 AM
As California's outdoor marijuana growing season nears its end for 2012, drug officials are reporting a sharp decline in crop seizures for the second year in a row. The latest figures show that local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are on track to eradicate an estimated 1.5... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

New book discounts theory of marijuana as top US cash crop

August 14, 2012, 12:05 AM
For years, legalization advocates have argued that marijuana is America’s leading cash crop, outranking corn, wheat, soy and a host of other heartland staples produced on an industrial scale. Bringing pot production above ground, the argument goes, could produce a $30 billion tax bonanza... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Environment

Rat poison in remote pot gardens linked to rare wildlife deaths

July 13, 2012, 2:05 PM
Toxic chemicals used to rid rodents from illicit marijuana gardens in the Sierra Nevada range and elsewhere in California may have inadvertently poisoned dozens of vulnerable weasel-like mammals called fishers, according to a new study released today. Biologists from UC Davis, the nonprofit... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Marijuana prices rising after federal clampdown

December 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
A crackdown by federal prosecutors is casting a long shadow over the state’s marijuana industry, but there is one bright spot, at least for some Northern California growers willing to risk prison time: Wholesale prices appear to be on the rise. After slumping precipitously, prices for a... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Landlords, property owners are new targets in anti-pot strategy

October 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
The federal government is intensifying its efforts to smother California’s pot industry by targeting not only medical marijuana dispensaries and growers, but also those who do business with them. The latest possible targets: landlords and property owners who rent buildings or land where... + read more
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