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2020 Brought Unprecedented Growth, Challenges to Calif. Cannabis Industry
By
Willis Jacobson
Dec 21, 2020
Dec 21, 2020
The California cannabis industry entered 2020 in what many insiders described as “survival mode” – and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic.The global health crisis compounded what was already a challenging landscape for operators amid competition from the illicit market,...
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