The Battle for Legal Cannabis in California Ignites: Napster Co-Founder Sean Parker’s Initiative Heats Things Up

The battle in California to legalize recreational marijuana is heating up. An alliance of industry organizations and wealthy supporters, spearheaded by Napster co-founder and jet-setting billionaire Sean Parker, are looking to disrupt the cannabis industry just as Parker did in the music and technology industries. Sacramento political consultant Gale Kaufman and the capital political law firm Olson Hagel & Fishburn were engaged to draft the 2016 initiative.

On Nov 2, official proponents of the measure (Michael Sutton, an environmental attorney and Dr Donald O Lyman, a member of the California Medical Association) filed ballot language with the state. The Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act is one of many measures already submitted and intended for the 2016 election.

California Seed-to-Sale Tracking & Commercial Regulations

Not to be distracted by the names behind the initiative, here is what the seed-to-sale system of commercial regulations proposed by the Parker...

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