Not to be left off the multi-billion-dollar cannabis bandwagon, fast food giant Jack in the Box announced earlier this week that it’s launching a line of stoner-targeted snacks. “Jack’s Munchie Meals” will come with two tacos, five mini churros, three crispy chicken strips, a small drink and a serving of half curly fries and half […]
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New State Cannabis Regulations Allow for Limitless Grow Sizes
It looks like you’ll be able to munch down on that cannabis beef jerky come January but the stony shrimp cocktail will have to wait. California dropped its long-awaited emergency medicinal and adult-use cannabis regulations yesterday, setting the rules for legal markets slated to open in 45 days on Jan. 1. The new regulations — […]
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TL;DR: Five Reasons NOT to Try This at Home
Busy week? We’ll help you catch up on the basics of this week’s cover story, “Rio Dell’s Hash Lab Murder Case,” which takes a deep dive into hash lab explosion that rocked Rio Dell in November and spawned murder charges against all involved. You should really read the whole story here, but this will give […]
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Synapsis Studio’s Future up in the Air
A couple of weeks ago, Synapsis Performance Collective, a group of artists, dancers and performers that has been renting a space at 47 W. Third St. in Eureka for the past 13 years, learned that in six weeks, its rent would be doubling from $1,065 to $2,200 per month as of Oct. 1. It’s a […]
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House Says No to Sessions’ Asset Forfeiture Plans
The House of Representatives has just said no to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ attempts to lessen restrictions on taking money and property from people suspected but sometimes never even charged let alone convicted of a crime — a practice called asset forfeiture. Read the Journal’s previous coverage about the controversial legal procedure in the […]
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AG Revives Program to Seize Assets Without Charges or Convictions
Advocates of civil asset forfeiture reform had a few choice names for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions — among them “drug warrior” and “forfeiture fanatic” — when interviewed for a Journal story “The Trump Card” back in March. There were also predictions that forfeitures would skyrocket under the influence of the former Alabama senator and […]
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Country Music Singer Tries to Mainstream Humboldt Cannabis
Continuing his now decades-long attempt to strum along to the zeitgeist of popular culture, country music singer Toby Keith recently released a song titled “Wacky Tobaccy,” and, guess what? Yeah, it mentions Humboldt County. “You got your Mexican and Jamaican with those buds of blue/ Humboldt County and Hydroponic too/ Okeechobee Purple from down in […]
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Sessions Fights to Fight Legal Weed
Lost in all the reports of his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee was news that last month U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked Congress to give him broad authority to crack down on medical marijuana cultivators and distributors acting in accordance with state laws. On May 1, Sessions penned a letter to congressional leaders […]
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Eureka Council Slated to Talk Wards, Budget, Recreational Pot
The Eureka City Council will take a first look at the 2017-2018 budget on Tuesday and examine possible customized approaches to the recent legalization of recreational marijuana rather than having the state’s default regulations apply inside city limits. But before tacking those weighty items, the council will discuss ward redistricting during a 4:30 p.m. special […]
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TL;DR: The Cannabis Issue
Busy week? We get it. Here are some highlights from this week’s cover package to get you caught up. Humboldt County’s biggest industry is in flux as it moves from the shadows out into the light. This week, in the Journal‘s first ever issue dedicated almost entirely to the industry, we look at various aspects […]
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Sessions: Marijuana Only ‘Slightly Less Awful’ than Heroin
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions tossed some more shade on marijuana this week, adding to growing concerns that a federal crackdown is looming for the $7 billion industry. Speaking about efforts to combat violent crime and “restore public safety” before a group of state and local law enforcement in Richmond, Virginia, Sessions spoke about the […]