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After banning hemp products that contain THC and other intoxicating compounds, California regulators are starting to crack down, catching retailers by surprise.
California’s Business and Professions Code 26011.5 is explicit about the mission of the state cannabis regulatory agency: “The protection of the public shall be the highest priority. …
Some of the 80 cannabis brands included in more than 500 pesticide tests. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) California's testing requirements for cannabis products contain major gaps .
California Department of Fish and Wildlife California National Guard U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: 2021: 375,000 cannabis plants and 33,480 pounds of harvested marijuana: Largest seizure ever in Los Angeles County, worth over one billion dollars. [31] [32] Oregon State Police: White City, Oregon: 2021: 500,000 pounds of harvested marijuana
Cannabis in California has been legal for medical use since 1996, and for recreational use since late 2016. The state of California has been at the forefront of efforts to liberalize cannabis laws in the United States, beginning in 1972 with the nation's first ballot initiative attempting to legalize cannabis (Proposition 19).
Samples seized across the United States by the Drug Enforcement Administration over an 18-year period (1980–1997) showed that THC content in hashish and hashish oil averaging 12.9% and 17.4%, respectively, did not show an increase over time. [7] The highest THC concentrations measured were 52.9% in hashish and 47.0% in hash oil. [8]
Reg Wydeven is a partner with the Appleton-based law firm of McCarty Law LLP. He writes a weekly column for The Post-Crescent.
In 1996, California voters approved ballot proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, legalizing the medical use of cannabis.As a consequence, CAMP's commander, a California law-enforcement officer, was specifically ordered by the state attorney general to respect the state's medical marijuana laws in the course of his duties.