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After 20 Years, California May Finally Regulate Medical Marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 06/08/2015 - 08:00

California may have been the first state to legalize medical marijuana, but for twenty years efforts to regulate the industry have mostly gone up in smoke—until now.

The California State Assembly has finally given initial approval this week for comprehensive statewide regulations that would help manage the state's marijuana marketplace. The bill proposes to create an agency known as the Governor's Office of Marijuana Regulation, which would oversee the licensing and regulation of any commercial cannabis activities, according to the L.A. Times. And while the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Control Act still needs to be approved by the state Senate and Governor Jerry Brown, the fact that it has made it this far bodes well for anyone who grows, sells or, um, enjoys the benefits of medical marijuana.

If passed, the bill would bring much more standardized practices in a state industry that has struggled to manage medicinal...

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