Economic Impacts of Cannabis Legalization in Sonoma County 
This research project examines the economic benefits of cannabis legalization for Sonoma County. Research was done by Sonoma State Sociology undergraduate students....
Posted: Tue May 8, 2018 4:07PM
Tragic Irony: After Defeating U.S. Government, WAMM Shut Down By California Government 
Since January 1st, 2018, WAMM has been unable to dispense medical cannabis to its patients because of California's new cannabis law. The irony is tragic as the U.S. government was unable to shut WAMM down, but the California government has effectively shut them down....
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:51PM
Anti-houseless stickers spread in Santa Cruz public areas 
Sticker carrying violence-encouraging stereotype image of houseless tweaker found on crosswalk button downtown....
Posted: Thu Mar 8, 2018 9:56PM
Comic Criticizes Supply and Demand for Corporate Marijuana 
San José writer Eugenio Negro critiques the corporatization of legal marijuana....
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 9:44AM
Why Farmers Need Direct Sales 
As a vegetable farmer, the scale at which I produce is not large enough to enable me to survive in the wholesale marketplace. The same is true for my cannabis crop....
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:53PM
Call SF Bd of Supes for Marijuana: We Voted 75% for It The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, all Democrats, is currently doing everything they can to oppose the 75% of San Francisco voters who voted for Prop 64, the marijuana initiative, of November 2016. We need your phone calls, Emails and faxes now to demand enforcement of Prop 64 with marijuana stores everywhere in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed Nov 8, 2017 7:42AM
A Public Bank of Oakland Could Provide Financial Services to Cannabis Industry Oakland will spend $75,000 on a study to examine the feasibility of establishing a public bank in that city. Most corporate banks do not conduct business with the cannabis industry, even where cannabis operations are legal, pay taxes and hire employees. The study will hopefully prove that a public bank would be able to provide financial services to the cannabis industry....
Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:10AM
Santa Cruz County Cannabis EIR Update and Important Meeting Dates 
A draft Environmental Impact Report on establishing a regulated cannabis trade in the County concludes that a more permissive approach is an “environmentally superior alternative” to either a ban or a more restrictive proposed ordinance under consideration....
Posted: Tue Sep 5, 2017 6:32PM
Recommendations for Action in the MHCAN Crisis 
MHCAN (Mental Health Clients Action Network) has faced a crisis for the last several years with police and city agencies breathing down its neck. The management of MHCAN and its Board of Directors has chosen to pursue, largely a low-profile work-behind-the-scenes approach. There's been little publicity about the upcoming Special Use Permit meeting of the Planning Commission which Board Chair Steve Pleich says is slated for 9-28. A month ago, I wrote the following suggestions to the community....
Posted: Sun Sep 3, 2017 6:06PM
Support Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) for City and County License 
WAMM is the longest continually running Medial Cannabis Collective in the nation....
Posted: Sun Sep 3, 2017 3:56PM
Time for Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Broaden Narcan Policies 
Saving Lives Should Be Top Priority...
Posted: Sat Aug 5, 2017 9:14AM
Time to Revisit All-Volunteer Needle Exchange 
Needle Exchange is Not the Problem, It is the Solution...
Posted: Wed Jun 7, 2017 4:19PM
Mother of Cyprus Speaks Out on Using Cannabis to Treat Epilepsy 
A wonderful interview featuring one of many breakthrough stories on how medical cannabis is helping children deal with crippling seizures....
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:50PM
Interview with Valerie Corral of Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) 
‘I don't work with pot, I work with people.’
- Valerie Corral...
Posted: Tue Apr 4, 2017 12:50PM
Regarding the "No Drugs No Alcohol" agreement at The Village in Oakland Q: "So why is there a 'No Drugs No Alcohol' agreement in effect at #thevillage?"...
Posted: Tue Feb 7, 2017 11:34AM
The Longest Walk 5.2 “Calling an End to Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence” 
The National Field Office of The American Indian Movement proudly announces, The Longest Walk 5.2, “Calling an End to Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence.” Dennis Banks, National Field Director and Co-Founder of The American Indian Movement issued a three phase - 3 year walk across America in 2016. Dennis Banks stated, “Because of the extremely high rate of abuse, suicides, drug related deaths and destruction, which is at a pandemic stage, our mission is to cross this continent on foot; seeking...
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:02PM
SCPD Must Revise Immigration Determination Policy 
Now Is The Time to Protect Immigrants Rights...
Posted: Sun Jan 8, 2017 11:44PM
Woman Used As Salami Tray at Altai Brands Event in Las Vegas 
Altai Brands of Salinas, California, purveyors of gourmet cannabis edibles, objectifies woman as salami tray at Marijuana Business Conference after-party in Las Vegas....
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:39AM
Bill to limit property seizures by cops heads to Governor The people of California are still waiting to hear if Governor Jerry Brown will sign SB 443 into law, meanwhile our U.S. Troops remain to guard the fields of poppies in Afghanistan for the drug kingpins involved in shipping heroin to the streets of Oakland, and across the country!...
Posted: Wed Sep 7, 2016 12:17AM
Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment Continutes to Help Medical Marijuana Defendants in Federal Court 
An opinion today (August 16, 2016) issued in the federal 9th Circuit by a three-judge panel has found that federal prosecutions of medical cannabis defendants may not proceed unless there is a violation of state law. In the opinion of U.S. vs. McIntosh, written by 9th Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, the court held that the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment prohibits the federal prosecution of conduct that is allowed by the state's medical cannabis law....
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 2:12PM