Emerald Scientific has announced the results for its 2016 Emerald Test, and cannabis testing labs earned impressive scores. Nearly 50 labs entered the company’s semi-annual Inter-lab Comparison and Proficiency Test, which measures a lab’s ability to determine amounts of cannabinoids and residual solvents in an unknown sample.

“This is a very positive sign for the industry,” commented Wes Burk, Vice President of Emerald Scientific. “Labs across the country performed better than expected and in line with testing parameters used by non-cannabis industries.”

This November, California voters are likely to weigh in on the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which would allow its recreational use by people 21 and older.

The California lieutenant governor outlined his case for legalizing the drug

On Tuesday, California’s highest ranking statewide official to support marijuana legalization spoke before hundreds of people anxious to see that change happen in November. “Our purpose is social justice,” Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom told the crowd gathered in Oakland for the annual Cannabis Business Summit, “to right the wrong of the abject failure which is our war on drugs in the United States of America.” The line earned him a huge cheer.

Last week Microsoft announced a software partnership to help states track marijuana sales and MedMen launched its private equity Opportunity Fund

It may not be your cup of tea, but marijuana could become a potent alternative for certain high-net-worth investors looking for an industry with strong growth potential.

Last week Microsoft announced a software partnership to help state governments track marijuana sales, and, come Election Day, at least four states, including California, will host ballot initiatives to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Four states already have — Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington — and those states plus some 21 more have legalized cannabis use for medical purposes.

Nestled between majestic Redwoods and flanked by epic views, a dream has manifested and acts a beacon for the future of cannabis cultivation in California. Integrating leading technology with old school farming knowhow, Humboldt Integrated Cannabis has completed its first project. The fruition of a dream, the facility is the cutting edge of Humboldt’s nascent industry.

Wednesday, a well-known cannabis extraction company, Care By Design was raided in Sonoma County. A company spokesperson insists the business was in the process of being permitted. The DEA and Santa Rosa police raided it just as the city was developing an ordinance which will allow some types of cannabis extraction. Law enforcement, however, seized assets and put one man in jail. According to the Press Democrat, Narcotics Sgt. Rich Celli of the Santa Rosa Police stated, “Many people believe the law is in flux — it’s not, don’t do it.”

Last week's police raid on a major California cannabis company in Sonoma County came after a disgruntled former employee, who is attempting to form his own competing company, called the authorities on his old employer, an attorney said Friday.

Santa Rosa police and Drug Enforcement Administration agents wearing camouflage and kevlar descended on the production facilities and offices of CBD Guild, which manufactures popular cannabis products under the Care By Design and AbsoluteXtracts brand names. 

California lawmakers regulated medical marijuana in black and white last year, but with rules set to take effect by 2018, there’s plenty of gray area to generate busts between now and then.

A popular medical cannabis brand in that gray area in Northern California was the subject of a local law enforcement sweep, according to scattered reports from sources today.

CBD lab at a Santa Rosa biz park raided in coordinated searches of at least four biz properties and homes #cannabis pic.twitter.com/HsBrpauhNX

— Julie Johnson (@jjpressdem) June 15, 2016

The American Civil Liberties Union of California on Tuesday endorsed the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, or AUMA — Californians’ ballot measure that would legalize cannabis in the 2016 general election.

After conducting research proving  Black people and other minorities get arrested far more for pot than whites despite similar usage levels, the ACLU is supporting AUMA to help stem the mass incarceration epidemic in America.

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A cannabis producing and processing company based in California has been selling and shipping a range of their products to UK customers. They also ship to other countries where the import and export of the cannabis flower is illegal, such as Brazil, Spain and Germany. This is the first time a cannabis-derived product has been shipped on an international scale, and the products have been reaching UK customers with no problem – but before you start to fret, everything is completely legal.