State legislators, including North Coast Assemblyman Jim Wood, are reintroducing a bill that would require hospitals and healthcare facilities to allow terminally ill patients access to certain forms of medical cannabis. Known as Ryan’s Law, the Senate Bill 311 is named for late San Diego resident Ryan Bartell, who died in April of 2018, just […]
Ryan’s Law
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Blackouts and Tokage Fees
When darkness cast its PG&E-sized cloud over Humboldt County on Oct. 9, some among us were not willing to go quietly into the night. “Even though the lights aren’t lit, that doesn’t mean you can’t be,” pronounced Ray Markland, company manager at EcoCann dispensary in Old Town as his staff worked to open the shop […]