The California Attorney General’s Office announced earlier this week that, under its leadership, the multi-agency Campaign Against Marijuana Planting has eradicated almost 1 million cannabis plants from 345 unlicensed grow sites throughout the state this year. Additionally, it reports it has seized 168 “weapons” and arrested 148 people as a part of the campaign. “Illegal […]
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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 […]