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Posted inCommunity Voices

Community Voices: The California Cannabis Industry Can Be Kept Cottage Only If Once-Illegal Growers Come Out of the Shadows

On Jan. 1, weed aficionados in California were finally able to do what they say they’ve always wanted—legally buy marijuana, no prescription required. But small farmers who had been selling on the black market were not uniformly delighted by the change. For decades, the illegal-weed industry has been lucrative. Then came increasing legalization that created […]

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