If you spent New Year’s Eve rolling around town smoking joints in the back of a party bus, you may have had a rude awakening after the clock struck midnight. While state law has always prohibited drivers and passengers in cars from smoking cannabis, puffing vape pens or any other form of imbibing, Senate Bill […]
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Willie’s Wagon and Carbon Footprints
OK, Humboldt, please take a breath. We are pleased to announce that rumors of Willie Nelson’s sobriety have been greatly exaggerated. The weed world (at least the portion of it that has reached a certain age) lost its collective mind earlier this month when everyone’s favorite stoner — you know, the guy who once sparked […]
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Canada Comes Knocking for Cannabis
Canadian companies are starting to show a lot of interest in North Coast cannabis. On Nov. 27, Vancouver-based Chemistree Technology Inc. announced that it has entered into a “strategic partnership” with an unnamed cannabis processing company based in Arcata. In a press release, the company announced that the partnership will see Chemistree loan the processor […]
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The Starbucks of Weed Cometh
You’ll have to pardon California cannabis farmers if you catch them gazing longingly to the north, daydreaming of life on the Last Frontier, where moose abound, the night sky turns green and pounds of marijuana wholesale for $2,800 to $5,000. A recent article on www.mjbizdaily.com details pot prices across the Land of the Midnight Sun, […]
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Final Numbers for County Cannabis Applications Show Late Push
Almost one-third of the total commercial cannabis permit applications filed with the County of Humboldt in 2016 were filed on deadline day, according to numbers from the cannabis services division of the Humboldt County Planning and Building Department. As of the Dec. 30 deadline, a total of 2,334 applications had been filed. Eight hundred and […]
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Humboldt Growers’ Bad Reputation
On last week’s episode of “Cannabis Consciousness,” a monthly marijuana program on KMUD, guest host Kevin Jodrey posed a heartfelt and faintly anguished question: How can Humboldt County’s more conscientious marijuana cultivators — the innovators, the old-timers and the small-timers, people who care about the environment and their community — how can these folks get […]