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A Los Angeles delivery service sued Weedmaps’ parent company alleging the site, known as the Yelp of pot, accepts advertising from unlicensed California retailers, harming the state’s legal market.CannaQuik alleges the Nasdaq-traded tech platform “knowingly and intentionally” allows unlicensed retailers...

Chinese organized crime, with support from the Chinese government, is behind a nationwide network of U.S. weed farms supplying the illegal market, law enforcement and policy experts told a U.S. House of Representatives panel this week. Their testimony and the...

As a five-year legal battle over diversion approaches trial, a brief from California's Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) argues that its use of Metrc's compliance software fulfills its legal obligations. The document and supplemental material don't address whether the agency's...

The California State Senate appears poised to pass the tax cut that has been the industry's top legislative priority for the year. The bill, AB 564, which could pass the upper chamber as soon as this morning, would repeal the...

A new court filing from SoCal-based retailer Catalyst provides extensive new technical details on the California Department of Cannabis Control’s (DCC) alleged failure to stop diversion from California’s licensed supply chain.Accompanied by more than 1,000 pages of exhibits, including depositions...

Tragically, California’s sickest patients – children with treatment-resistant epilepsy, people with advanced cancers, older adults struggling with dementia – are being left behind by a cannabis market now focused on profit over patients. In dispensaries across the state, shelves are...

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The licensing fight for pot shops in Riverside is getting ugly. Prominent retailers Catalyst and The Artist Tree (TAT) sued the city in July alleging they were improperly denied licenses. Neither suit has been previously reported.With more than 300,000 people, Inland...

California operator Glass House has signed numerous labor peace agreements (LPAs) with a union that is not active in the cannabis industry.Through the Public Records Act, WeedWeek obtained eight LPAs signed by Glass House-affiliated licensees and the Seafarers Entertainment and...

Glass House, the major California operator where federal agents allege they found undocumented juvenile workers during raids yesterday, has a history of labor tensions. The raids by heavily armed personnel attracted protesters and led to stand-offs at both sites, with agents...