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Marijuana Dispensaries Must Now Sell Products That Meet New State Standards
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — One toke over the line? Beginning Saturday midnight, California dispensaries must start selling only products that meet the state’s new standards. CBS2’s Adrianna Weingold...
View ArticleLeading Democrat Calls For Legalized Marijuana In All 50 States
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS Local) – A leading member in the Democratic party is calling for a nationwide legalization of marijuana. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, who challenged and nearly defeated Nancy Pelosi for...
View ArticleCalifornia Could Reshape Pot Rules As Legal Market Struggles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s largest legal marijuana market is struggling. Illicit sales continue to thrive. A shaky supply chain has customers looking at barren shelves in some shops. There are...
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Cypress Hill Rapper B-Real Opens Cannabis Dispensary In Sylmar
SYLMAR (CBSLA) — Sylmar is going up in smoke thanks to Cypress Hill’s B-Real. The hip-hop superstar, whose real name is Louis Mario Freese, attended a grand opening Wednesday for the Dr. Greenthumb...
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Police Find Booby-Trapped Marijuana Grow Operation Inside Riverbed Homeless...
Marijuana grow operation inside homeless encampment in Santa Ana river bottom, Aug. 21, 2018 (SOURCE: Riverside Police Dept.) STUDIO CITY (CBSLA) — Police in the Inland Empire stumbled upon a pot grow...
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Elon Musk Smokes Pot In Joe Rogan Interview; Tesla Shares Tumble
(CBS News/CBSLA) — Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, already under scrutiny for his public outbursts, appeared to smoke marijuana during a live interview with comedian Joe Rogan. The two-hour interview,...
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Dallas Police Search Slain Man’s Apartment, Find Pot; Internet Fumes
DALLAS (CBSLA) — Police in Dallas filed for a search warrant at the apartment where Botham Shem Jean was killed by a female police officer who said she thought she was in her own apartment and staring...
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NorCal Kindergartner Can Bring Marijuana Drug To School, Judge Rules
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF/AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area kindergartner can continue bringing her cannabis-based drug to her public school. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reported Saturday that a judge ruled in...
View ArticleFunding Increased For Prosecution Of DUI Cases Involving Marijuana, Other Drugs
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has increased funding for the prosecution of DUI cases involving marijuana and other drugs. A $981,124 grant from the California...
View ArticleWeed Buyers Beware: Distributors Eager To Get Around Cannabis Testing
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Now that pot is fully legalized in California, more of the industry is being regulated, which is beneficial for buyers but an extra cost for sellers. Chemical contaminants like...
View ArticleGains, Growing Pains Mark California’s 1st Year Of Legal Pot
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was supposed to be a great year for marijuana entrepreneur Brian Blatz. When California broadly legalized pot on Jan. 1, the lawyer with a background in banking and health care...
View ArticleHollywood Doctor Fights To Keep License After Recommending Marijuana For Child
HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) – A Hollywood physician who recommended that a father give his 5-year-old son marijuana cookies to control temper tantrums is fighting to maintain his medical license, but the pot...
View ArticleOne Year Later: How The Marijuana Black Market Is Affecting Local Dispensaries
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – It has been about a year since California rolled out the legalization of recreational cannabis, and now that dispensary owners have had a whiff of the weed business, some say the...
View ArticleLA Deputy Stole Pot, Cash During Fake Downtown LA Raid, Feds Say
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Three more men were arrested Thursday in a scheme involving a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who led a fake drug bust last year at a downtown L.A. warehouse that resulted in...
View ArticleLA City Council Sparks New, Unconventional Plan To Crack Down On Unlicensed...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The City of Los Angeles has a new plan to crack down on illegal pot shops: turn off the facilities’ lights and water. The problem of unlicensed dispensaries has blown up since...
View ArticleE-Cigarettes, Pot Added To LA County Smoking Ban
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Tuesday which extends the current smoking ban for county property to include e-cigarettes and marijuana, while...
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SWAT Team Discovers Massive Illegal Marijuana Grow In Riverside
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) – A massive illegal marijuana grow spanning an entire city block was discovered by authorities in Riverside after neighbors noticed a strong smell. About 40,000 plants were found...
View ArticleMillions Of Americans Admit To Driving While High, New Survey Says
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Marijuana is becoming legal in more cities across the U.S. than ever before, and now more people are admitting to getting high before getting behind the wheel. A new survey from...
View ArticleLook Inside LA’s First Legal Indoor ‘Cannabis Cultivation Facility’
LARCHMONT (CBSLA) — A facility being billed as Los Angeles’ “first ever licensed and certified cannabis cultivation facility” is now open for business. The two owners of Alkhemist — both...
View ArticlePolice Seize Nearly 15 Tons Of Marijuana From Illegal Perris Grow-Ops
PERRIS (CBSLA) — Riverside County police seized almost 15 tons of marijuana from multiple raids of illegal grow operations in Perris on Thursday. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department,...
View ArticleCoachella Valley Woman Arrested After Children Seen Smoking Marijuana In...
DESERT HOT SPRINGS (CBSLA) — A 36-year-old woman faces several charges of child endangerment after allegedly giving her children marijuana to smoke. Officials from Desert Hot Springs police say they...
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‘It’s Hurting My Family’: Immigration Battle Strands Corona Father In Mexico...
CORONA (CBSLA) — Jose Palomar was brought to the United States as a 5-year-old child and was living under temporary legal status with his American wife and children — until he returned to Mexico in...
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Coast Guard Recovers 1,300 Pounds Of Marijuana Floating Off Coast Of Catalina...
AVALON (CBSLA) — The U.S. Coast Guard recovered about 1,300 pounds of baled marijuana off Catalina Island, authorities said Wednesday. The U.S. Coast Guard recovered approximately 1,300 pounds of...
View ArticleNearly 4 Tons Of Marijuana Found Mixed In With Shipment Of Jalapeño Peppers
SAN DIEGO (CBSLA) — A shipment of jalapeño peppers being driven over the Mexico border had a little something extra mixed in – almost four tons of marijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers say...
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Big Crowd Cheers As Country’s First Cafe Serving Marijuana Opens In West...
WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) — A new café opened its doors in West Hollywood Tuesday, drawing a line down the block with people eager to try a literal lunch joint. (credit: CBS) Lowell Café has generated...
View Article$1.5 Billion In Illegal Pot Grows Seized Across California
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA/AP) — Authorities say they have seized more than $1.5 billion worth of illegally grown marijuana plants in California in an annual eradication program. California Attorney General...
View ArticleGet Paid $3K Per Month To Review Marijuana Products
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — An online media company is looking to pay somebody $3,000 per month to review marijuana products. American Marijuana is a medical marijuana digital magazine that provides research...
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California Operation Eradicates 1.1 Million Marijuana Plants At 455 Illegal...
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — More than 1.1 million marijuana plants at 455 grow sites up and down California have been eradicated under a campaign that state officials say is the nation’s largest illegal...
View ArticleThis Is Where Millions of Dollars In Cannabis State Tax Revenues Are Going
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Part of the revenues from California’s state tax on cultivation and sales of marijuana and cannabis products will go towards helping communities combat impaired driving, the...
View ArticleLAPD To Begin Conducting DUI Checkpoints Friday And Saturday
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles Police Department will conduct D.U.I. checkpoints Friday and Saturday nights in an attempt to stop impaired driving. The checkpoints will be conducted from 6-11...
View ArticleMoreno Valley Sheriff’s Deputies Bust Alleged Illegal Marijuana Grow House
MORENO VALLEY (CBSLA) – Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department seized over a thousand marijuana plants from an illegal grow house in Moreno Valley on Friday. In total, 1088 plants in...
View ArticleDriver Pours Out Alcohol, Smokes Pot During Police Chase In Downtown Los Angeles
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A suspect wanted for reckless driving was arrested Wednesday night following a police chase. It happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officers said the driver was...
View ArticleMarijuana Users Reminded To Wait 8 Hours After Smoking, 10 Hours After Eating...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — It may be 4/20, the day that marijuana users have made their own unofficial holiday, but authorities want to remind everyone celebrating the day to consider not getting behind the...
View ArticleCorona Man Reunited With Family After 2-Year Immigration Battle That Had Him...
CORONA (CBSLA) — A Southern California man is back home to the United States after an immigration battle had him stuck in his birth country of Mexico over the past two years, according to reports. Jose...
View ArticleDeputies Seize Nearly 4,000 Marijuana Plants In Twentynine Palms Area
TWENTYNINE PALMS (CBSLA) – The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department seized 3,901 marijuana plants and 652 pounds of processed marijuana after serving five search warrants and arresting six...
View ArticleLA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger: Giant Farms Popping Up In Antelope...
ANTELOPE VALLEY (CBSLA) — Illegal marijuana grows are popping up in the Antelope Valley desert, causing all manner of problems. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger shared two photos taken from...
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Guns, Ammo, Hundreds Of Marijuana Plants Seized In Raid Near Moorpark; 3 Men...
MOORPARK (CBSLA) – Three men were arrested and hundreds of marijuana plants were seized, along with guns and ammo, in a raid on an illegal marijuana operation near Moorpark earlier this month. An...
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Get The COVID Vaccine, Receive A Free Marijuana Joint In Long Beach
LONG BEACH (CBSLA) – A group of Long Beach community organizations have come together to hold a COVID-19 vaccination event with a twist: the vaccine recipients will receive a free marijuana joint. The...
View ArticleFour Southland Men Among 34 Arrested In SB County Marijuana Busts
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Four Los Angeles County men were arrested or cited during a seven-day marijuana enforcement operation in San Bernardino County that netted 34 arrests in all, authorities said...
View ArticleOne Injured After Suspected Marijuana Lab Explodes In Arcadia
ARCADIA (CBSLA) — A man was sent to the hospital after an explosion at a marijuana lab in Arcadia on Monday afternoon. Arcadia first responders were dispatched after authorities received calls of an...
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