Cannabis

Feds crack down

Dispensaries around the state draw heat, from tax scares to seizure threats

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steve@sfbg.com

HERBWISE Reversing its previous pledge to abide people's rights to legally obtain medical marijuana in California and the 14 other states that have legalized it, the Obama Administration has launched a crackdown on the industry using several different federal agencies.Read more »

Refusing to be hotboxed

HERBWISE: The huge International Cannabis and Hemp Expo descends upon Oakland

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HERBWISE Karen Cue, CEO of this weekend's International Cannabis and Hemp Expo is taking me to school. "It's insulting to switch up those terms," she tells me.

The terms I switched up? I just asked her why it was important to have legal-for-cannabis-consumption "215 areas" at her upcoming event, which will draw a projected 30,000 marijuana patients and cannabis-curious folk, turning a full mile's worth of streets into an exhibition area in middle of downtown Oakland.Read more »