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Daily Report: Money and Politics, Public Safety

Why pot growers turned against Prop. 19

November 8, 2010, 12:05 AM
If someone wanted to sabotage Proposition 19 among pot growers, the wild rumor that spread around Mendocino County was perfectly crafted. "My favorite piece of propaganda floating around these parts for the last few months," one Mendocino County resident told blogger Andrew... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Election Update: Boxer, Brown win

November 3, 2010, 9:03 AM
Kamala Harris slight lead for attorney general Democrat Kamala Harris, the district attorney of San Francisco, has pulled ahead of Republican Steve Cooley in the race for California attorney general. Harris was receiving 46.1 percent of the vote compared to Cooley, the Los Angeles... + read more
Drug agents use machetes to chop down marijuana plants in a remote area of Northern California.
Daily Report: Money and Politics, Public Safety

Will legalizing pot wipe out the black market?

October 27, 2010, 12:05 AM
Supporters of Proposition 19 liken their cause to the lifting of prohibition on alcohol nearly 80 years ago. Making pot legal and regulating it like alcohol, they say, could raise millions in tax revenues and wipe out the black market, along with the social costs associated with it. But... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics, Public Safety

Prop. 19 backers launch last-minute TV push

October 27, 2010, 12:05 AM
Groups supporting Proposition 19 have hauled in approximately $2 million in October even as polls find shriveling popular support for the marijuana-legalization initiative. Those dollars are funding the first television ad promoting the ballot measure, which will air throughout this final week... + read more
Daily Report: K–12, Public Safety

Illegal or not, DARE won't budge on saying ‘no’ to marijuana

October 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
California voters might soon alter the state law prohibiting marijuana, but the nation’s largest anti-drug education program does not intend to change what it teaches children about the drug. As it has for more than two decades, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program – better... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

California pot could dominate U.S. market, eclipse Mexican imports

October 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
California-grown marijuana could eclipse pot illegally imported from Mexico and dominate the U.S. market if voters open the way to commercial sales and large-scale cultivation, according a new Rand Corporation study released yesterday. “If marijuana can be diverted from legal production... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Campaign to stop pot legalization scrambles to raise money

October 6, 2010, 12:15 AM
Opponents to Proposition 19 are scrambling to revitalize their campaign amid signs that public sentiment could be shifting in favor of the controversial initiative to legalize marijuana in California. “We’re telling folks who are opposed, ‘if we’re going to get our... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Legal or illegal, pot growers must pay federal taxes if Prop. 19 passes

October 4, 2010, 12:05 AM
Should Proposition 19 pass next month, California’s prospective legal marijuana dispensers will have to persevere through much of the same hard work and startup headaches as any other new business. That includes filling out an SS-4 form [PDF]. And making sure their employees have... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Would Prop. 19 change how state colleges deal with marijuana?

October 1, 2010, 12:09 AM
How would California's controversial ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana use affect the way the state's universities deal with pot on campus? Would passage of Proposition 19 portend a future in which, as a recent San Gabriel Valley Tribune editorial suggested, businesses... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

How much does a bag of weed cost? Ask the crowd

September 21, 2010, 12:05 AM
In order to calculate the cost of marijuana across the country, PriceOfWeed.com goes straight to the customers. The website collects anonymous submissions from users about how much they spent on their last deal, specifying location, quantity and quality. The information is used to glean a... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

State may be heading for record year of pot seizures

August 30, 2010, 12:05 AM
Marijuana seizures in California could eclipse last year’s record haul of seven million pot plants, according to law enforcement officials and local reports from ongoing eradication operations. With the major fall pot harvest fast approaching, law enforcement agencies are reporting busts... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Court leaves marijuana dispensaries in legal limbo

August 23, 2010, 12:05 AM
It may be a strange notion to the residents of California’s largest cities, where pot dispensaries are well-established (and increasingly regulated), but advocates are still struggling to find a legal magic bullet to safeguard access to medical marijuana for qualified patients elsewhere in... + read more
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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Bay Area pours donations into pot legalization campaign

July 27, 2010, 12:05 AM
Campaign contributions from California supporting the legalization and taxation of marijuana have largely come from the Bay Area, with the Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign sponsors leading the charge, according to state campaign finance reports. Oaksterdam University, a "cannabis educator,... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Sheriff wants radio station to halt drug-raid broadcasts

April 13, 2010, 12:06 AM
The remote hills and mountains that stretch across Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties have served for years as the unofficial capital of marijuana cultivation in California and possibly the nation. People who live here have a strong independent streak and skepticism of government.... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Clove cigarette ban may signal future regulation of flavored marijuana

April 6, 2010, 12:09 AM
Marijuana growers are taking admirable steps to self-regulate and be sure that their products are free of mold or other toxins, the Sacramento Bee’s marijuana writer, Peter Hecht, reported Monday. The story notes that the marijuana growers are being particularly conscientious to self-... + read more
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