Sunday Weed: Weekly Digest, Number Seventy-One

How’s your Sunday? Lazy? Busy? Whatever it is, give yourself a well-deserved break, grab your favorite cannabis product, and dive into the latest weed news. To keep you up to date we gathered seven articles about cannabis from the web. Enjoy your read!

1. Outlaw weed comes into the light

Humboldt County, the heart of California’s dark marijuana economy, is facing a new market force: legalization.

2. It’s Happening: Will MedMen Become The Starbucks Of Weed?

California’s MedMen is a leader in the legal marijuana gold rush. The chain of recreational and medical cannabis shops is even going public in Canada.

3. Sessions: US Prosecutors To Ignore Small Cannabis Cases

Federal prosecutors won’t take on small-time marijuana cases, despite the Justice Department’s decision to lift an Obama-era policy that discouraged U.S. authorities from cracking down on the cannabis trade in states where the drug is legal, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Saturday.

4. Oakland Embraces Marijuana Sales. Compton Bans Them. How Is Justice Best Served?

When officers burst into Rickey McCullough’s two-story home in Oakland a decade ago they noted a “strong fresh odor of marijuana.” Mr. McCullough had been growing large amounts of marijuana illegally, the police said. He was arrested and spent a month in jail.

5. California Lawmakers To Fight For Lower Tax On Cannabis

California lawmakers are pushing for a lower tax on legal cannabis in an attempt to fight the black market. Two members of the state assembly announced a bipartisan plan that would reduce taxes on legal weed.

6. How Grass Roots Made It Through California’s Changing Cannabis Climate

San Francisco dispensary Grass Roots has operated out of their original space on Post Street since 2005. Over the course of the last 13 years, Operations Manager Kevin Johnson has seen vast changes in laws, products, even the customers who come by the shop, with more shifts looming on the horizon.

7. How to Plan a Good Weed Date

The first time you partake together can be a beautiful thing.

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See you next Sunday!

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