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For years, Steve DeAngelo, an entrepreneur who got his start in the legalization movement hosting smoke-ins in front of the White House, thought that big business, big pharma and big tobacco would damage the cannabis industry. He had plenty of company. 

But today, DeAngelo sees a future where cannabis and big business help each other. In fact, he thinks such a collaboration may be the thing that helps move the industry to the next level of acceptance and legalization.

With several illegal marijuana grows in the area and recreational pot legal just over the Oregon state line, Siskiyou County law enforcement is taking steps to crack down on drug trafficking.

Medical marijuana is legal in California, but anyone possessing marijuana without a medical card could still charged with drug charges. 

Marijuana is still illegal in the state and under federal law. Just over the Oregon border, people can buy and sell recreational pot legally. 

For the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, over the last few months deputies conducted a series of marijuana highway enforcement operations.

A national medical marijuana advocacy organization published a memo and model ordinance on Monday for California cities and counties recommending that they regulate the cultivation of medical marijuana instead of banning it. The memo and model ordinance are part of project by Americans for Safe Access (ASA) to support patients and advocates fighting bans on cultivation and pushing for local licensing and regulation of medical marijuana businesses.

After a spate of pesticide warnings and recalls, it’s no surprise consumers want to be clear what’s in their cannabis. So as election season approaches, many are watching California to see how the nation’s biggest state handles product testing as it weighs recreational legalization.

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Amid a rash of medical marijuana cultivation bans, patients are cheering one potent legal victory this winter. Growing medical marijuana is not a crime, a California appeals court ruled earlier this month in a precedent-setting case. 

Cities and counties can cite patients in civil court for what amounts to nuisance violations, but the Health and Safety Code of California is clear: Qualified patients growing medical cannabis are not committing crimes.

The sale, cultivation and delivery of medical marijuana soon could become expressly prohibited within the city of Santa Paula, strengthening a ban already in place.

The Santa Paula Planning Commission voted 3-0 Friday in support of a resolution that recommends changes to the city's municipal code. The changes, which must be approved by the City Council, would ban all commercial cannabis activity, mobile marijuana dispensaries, and cultivation and delivery of marijuana within the city.

Santa Paula's municipal code already prohibits the use of any building or real property for purposes prohibited by federal law, but does not explicitly refer to marijuana-related activities.

The proposed ordinance, if approved by the council, would make that prohibition clear.

It might appear odd that California’s very first marijuana company incubator just launched, however better late than never ever.

Based in Oakland and started by two technology veterans, Entrance Inc. seeks to nurture both supplementary companies and business that manage the plant, such as growers, dispensaries, and extractors.

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A Transportation Security Administration worker at the Oakland International Airport has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to smuggle marijuana through the airport, federal prosecutors said.

The indictment, which was unsealed on Thursday, also charges 28-year-old Kiana Scott Clark of San Mateo with conspiring to defraud the United States by obstructing, impeding, and interfering with the TSA’s aviation security functions, U.S. Attorney’s officials said.

According to the indictment, Clark allegedly used her position as a TSA officer to facilitate the smuggling of drugs into and through the Oakland airport for delivery throughout the U.S.