As we reported in this week’s print edition, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m. Monday to consider approving a new land use ordinance to govern commercial cannabis and placing a cap on the number of cultivation permits issued countywide. The proposed ordinance would change the way cannabis […]
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The Golden Era: A Cannabis Cocktail
It wasn’t easy for Adam Grossman to watch his father suffer from debilitating back pain. As prescription medication provided little relief, Grossman reacted as many caring family members do: He started Googling for help. With Internet research and some ingenuity, Grossman created his first DIY cannabis salve. Weeks later, his father, whom he calls “Papa,” […]
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New Cannabis Strains for Today’s Stress
Jefferson Beauregard Express. With a mellow cornbread, Brill Cream and Klansman hood scent, this Indica offspring of Reefer Madness and Jim Crow rolls up on you like a black SUV full of federal agents and shuts down your anxiety about Jeff Sessions overriding California’s cannabis legalization and seizing the very product that you were counting […]
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As Cannabis Markets Lurch, Some Humboldt Towns Are Rising, Others Falling
First quarter sales at The Garden of Beadin’ are bad. The small beading supply store, which has been operating in Garberville for 33 years, is used to seeing a slower stretch at the beginning of the year but owner Charlotte Silverstein attributes unusually poor sales in 2018 to the impact of cannabis legalization. “In this […]
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Humboldt Board of Supervisors to Consider Capping Cannabis Cultivation Licenses
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will consider next week whether to cap the total number of cannabis cultivation permits available in the county. County Planning Director John Ford says that when the board meets in a special session March 19 to consider approving an environmental impact report and a new commercial cannabis land use […]
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Humboldt Supervisors Consider New Cannabis Ordinance
So much has transpired since Humboldt County passed its groundbreaking Commercial Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance — passage of state medical cannabis regulations, statewide recreational legalization and the creation of a new regulatory framework for both industries — that it can be easy to forget it happened just two years ago. “It’s like from 1932 […]
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Award-Winning Eel River Documentary Screens Tomorrow in Eureka
The North Coast will get the chance tomorrow to take an up-close look at the Eel River, its history and its uncertain future. A River’s Last Chance, an award-winning documentary by Shane Anderson, will screen at the Eureka Theater at 7 p.m., to be followed by a panel discussion with Anderson, co-producer Jason Hartwick and […]
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Cannabis Cocktails for Beginners
Now that Prop. 64 has begotten a recreational marketplace for marijuana, many are rolling their eyes at advertisements for cannabis-infused tea, chocolate and barbecue sauce. To many, these products are shiny new packages wrapped around the same old ritual of getting high. But while legalization opens the gate for long overdue research on the medical […]
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UPDATE: Blue Lake Area Rezoning Could Threaten Water Supply, Says District Manager
UPDATE: The Humboldt County Planning Commission ultimately approved the project that will see Mercer Fraser establish a cannabis extraction process near where much of Humboldt County sources its water along the Mad River. Several members of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Board, as well as community members, attended the public comment session to voice […]
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Attorney General Reverses Obama-Era Marijuana Protections
Just days after recreational cannabis became fully legal in California, U.S. Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions announced Thursday that he is rescinding an Obama-era policy that directed the Department of Justice to take a hands-off approach to marijuana in states that have set their own laws. The policy, implemented since 2013, is known as the […]
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UPDATE: Fortuna Passes Registration Requirements for Personal Use Cannabis Grows
UPDATE: The Fortuna City Council voted unanimously last night to require residents to register their personal-use cannabis grows with the city. Residents wanting to exercise their rights under Proposition 64 to grow up to six marijuana plants for personal use will now have to pay a $100 filing fee to the city, file a “notice […]
