Jerry Garcia’s Cannabis Brand Returns To California
Garcia Hand Picked left California once. Now it is coming home, tying Jerry Garcia’s name to the small sun-grown farms of the Emerald Triangle at a moment when much of the state has run the other way, toward scale, efficiency and cheap weed. This time, the return feels different. Garcia Hand Picked, the cannabis brand […]
Trimmigrant Nightmares: The Side of California Cannabis No One Talks About
Ana Bacigalupo left her office job in Argentina and flew to California to trim cannabis. What she found was the part of harvest season nobody brags about. “I remember crying inside the tent at night, saying: ‘What am I doing here? I’m completely alone. If something happens to me, where do I run? Where do […]
California Officials Make It Easier For Marijuana Businesses To Access Federal Benefits Under Trump’s Rescheduling Move
California regulators are adopting changes to the state’s marijuana licensing process that are intended to make it easier for businesses to qualify for tax deductions and other benefits in line with the Trump administration’s recent move to federally reschedule medical cannabis. Under an action announced by the U.S. Department of Justice last week, marijuana products […]
Two Legends, Two Dispensaries: Snoop Dogg and Xzibit Expand Their Cannabis Brands in California
Two West Coast rap legends are opening cannabis dispensaries in California within weeks of each other. Xzibit goes first. Snoop comes home. West Coast hip-hop has always had a complicated, generative relationship with cannabis. Two of its most enduring figures are now making that relationship literal — and building businesses around it. Xzibit opens the […]