Humboldt County Public Health confirmed two new COVID-19 cases today, making 24 for the week, and the Joint Information Center raised the county’s overall alert level to 3. The county alert level — which ranges from Level 1 to Level 4 — is based on three factors officials believe help gauge individual and community risk: […]
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Farm Bill Caps Historic Year for Cannabis
You may have missed it among headlines about the looming government shutdown and plunging stock markets, but when President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill on Dec. 21, he officially removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act. The legislation, pushed hard by Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), officially distinguishes hemp from marijuana, its […]
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Failure to Thrive
California’s cannabis industry is experiencing some test anxiety. The state Bureau of Cannabis Control reported this week that almost one of every five products submitted for testing under new regulations that took effect July 1 have failed. It’s news that underscores the growing frustration among growers, distributors, manufacturers and retailers. “Testing is currently costly, slow […]
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Brave New World
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit has been busy. Over the course of about a week, the unit reported serving a dozen search warrants in southern Humboldt County, resulting in the eradication of more than 46,000 cannabis plants and the destruction of more than 1,400 pounds of processed weed. Working with the California […]