Officials from the local group Perinatal Substance Use Disorder Project presented research on the risks of cannabis use during pregnancy to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The group — which started meeting in 2016 to examine the high rates of perinatal substance use in the county — informed the board that research […]
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‘Illicit Markets’ and Cultural Insensitivity
I got an email a couple of weeks ago from a source who works for a cannabis advocacy organization informing me that, “across the industry,” folks in the weed world are asking the press not to use the term “black market” any longer because it is “not culturally sensitive.” “Illicit or illegal market is the […]
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Sheriff’s Office, National Guard Begin Week of Warrants
Humboldt County’s Marijuana Eradication Team, working with the National Guard, is in the midst of serving multiple search warrants on unpermitted grows in a multi-day crack down on the illicit cannabis market. The team eradicated more than 7,000 plants Aug. 5, according to Sheriff’s Office Lt. Mike Fridley, who heads MET. “We hit four search […]
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Flower Service Comes Tableside
A recent audit by the California Department of Finance on the state’s nascent cannabis regulatory framework found the newest arm of the Golden State’s bureaucracy is suffering some growing pains. The audit found the state Bureau of Cannabis Control is currently unable to “provide effective and comprehensive oversight of cannabis activities” within the state and […]
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Collateral Damage
It would appear Humboldt County remains a cannabis trendsetter. Leafly is reporting that Humboldt County’s controversial strategy of dealing with illicit grow operations through civil code enforcement abatement notices and fines of up to $10,000 per day, per violation has caught other jurisdictions’ attention. A similar program is already in place in Sonoma County, according […]
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Attorney: Cannabis Church Lawsuit Could Have Far-Reaching Effects
I read “A Sack of Sacrament” in the July 4 North Coast Journal with interest, as you might imagine since the Redwood Spiritual Healing Ministry’s lawsuit against Humboldt County raises issues that have long interested me in my legal dealings on behalf of cannabis growers. You brought up some interesting facts, but I think the […]
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A Sack Full of Sacrament
A Southern California lawyer and church leader has filed a lawsuit against the county of Humboldt and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, alleging they violated his client’s rights to religious freedom when they raided a cannabis grow and eradicated five greenhouse’s worth of weed last month. In the lawsuit filed June 27, Matthew […]
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The Cannabis Cup Runneth Over
Seriously, though, California has way too much weed. I mean, even if you ignore all the black market stuff out there, the Golden State just has too much weed, and that’s even before that 147-acre monstrocity in Santa Barbara County comes online. Vessel Logistics, a San Francisco-based processor, manufacturer and wholesaler, recently released a 16-page […]
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Village Down and Holding in Prison
Make sure and pour a little bong water out this week for Reggae on the River and its Cannabis Village. We hardly even knew ye, Cannabis Village! For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, High Times unceremoniously pulled the plug on the 35-year-old festival June 17, posting a brief message on the concert’s website saying it […]
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Ready, Set, Grow!
By and large, growers are a proud bunch. If you’ve spent much time hanging out with Humboldt County cultivators, you’ve almost assuredly been treated to ribbing — most of it good natured, some of it not — about who grows the best weed and whose thumb is, well, the dankiest. Well, by the time you […]
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‘So Sad:’ Arcata Shooting Leaves One Teen Dead, Another Behind Bars
A Eureka High School senior was killed and another teenager is facing murder and attempted murder charges after an apparent marijuana deal turned deadly at an Arcata bus stop over the holiday weekend. Taevonne Latimer, 18, was shot multiple times in the torso just before 10 p.m. May 26 as he and three friends met […]
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The Black Market’s Legacy
Fifty dollars worth of weed. That’s reportedly what led four young men to arrange via Snapchat a meeting with a 16 year old on the dark Arcata street. According to Arcata Police Chief Brian Ahearn, they’d planned to simply hand over whatever small quantity of black market cannabis $50 buys these days and go on […]