Girl Scouts Looking Into Cookie Seller Outside Pot Shop
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Girl Scout council says it is looking into whether one of its troops photographed selling cookies outside a marijuana dispensary broke any rules. Spokeswoman Mary Doyle...
View ArticleCan Marijuana Replace Opioids To Treat Pain, Addiction? UCLA Researchers Want...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the United States, scientists in Los Angeles are hoping their research into cannabis can provide an alternative to powerfully addictive,...
View ArticleVolunteers Get High For Police Training On How To Spot Pot Users
SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Even though recreational marijuana is now legal in California, most people probably wouldn’t be comfortable smoking around police officers. But that’s exactly what Edson Villegas...
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Breach And Chong: Lawsuit Alleges Legendary Pot Booster Made Joint Marketing...
Actor Tommy Chong arrives at Spike TV’s “Guys Choice 2014 at Sony Pictures Studios on June 7, 2014 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Spike TV) LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) —...
View ArticleSea Weed: Marijuana Washes Ashore In Santa Barbara County
SANTA BARBARA (CBSLA) — Large amounts of loose marijuana washed ashore on Santa Barbara’s West Beach, and a viral video depicting the stash is sparking interest nationwide. The video shows two men...
View ArticleSen. Schumer Introduces Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana On 4/20
CBS News — On 4/20, a day unofficially celebrated as a marijuana holiday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his intent to introduce a bill decriminalizing the cannabis plant. “It’s time we...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Out In Force To Stop High Driving
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A day following 4-20, the unofficial holiday for pot users, law enforcement was out in force making sure people weren’t driving high. “Taking advantage, definitely yeah,” said...
View Article‘Pot Parties’ Grow In Popularity As Stigma Surrounding Marijuana Fades In SoCal
WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) — Now that marijuana is legal in California, a growing number of women are trying it for the first time. Many of them are doing it together in the safety and comfort of their own...
View ArticleLA County Campaign Aimed At Keeping Teens From Using Marijuana
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Health officials Thursday kicked off a public education campaign aimed at keeping kids off marijuana, even as one in six teenagers in Los Angeles County are considered frequent...
View ArticleMarijuana Users, Growers Pay California $60.9 Million In Taxes In Three Months
SACRAMENTO (CBSLA) — Legal recreational marijuana sales netted the state of California $60.9 million in tax revenue in the first three months of 2018, according to the state’s tax agency. The...
View ArticleMajor Marijuana Bust In El Monte
EL MONTE (CBSLA) — Residents along Strozier Street in El Monte are now finding out why police were at a local warehouse Monday afternoon. As CBSLA’s Rachel Kim reports, detectives say they busted a...
View ArticleMore Parents Smoking Marijuana Around Children, Study Says
NEW YORK (CBS Local) – As regulations crack down on the dangers of cigarette smoke, a new study is warning that many parents are undoing all of this progress by exposing their children to secondhand...
View ArticleSouthwest Plane Bound For LAX Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Smokes...
SAN JOSE (CBSLA/AP) — A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing after reports that a passenger lit up a marijuana cigarette in a bathroom. Southwest says Flight 1250 from San Francisco to Los...
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Study: Fatal Drug-Related Crashes Now Outpacing Drunk Driving Crashes
WASHINGTON, DC (CBS Local) – There’s a disturbing new trend as fatal-drug related crashes now outpace deadly accidents involving alcohol. With a growing number of states legalizing marijuana, combined...
View ArticleLA Voters To Weigh In On City-Owned Bank Idea
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Voters in November will be asked whether Los Angeles should create the first ever city-owned bank in the United States. The L.A. City Council Friday unanimously approved an...
View ArticleMarijuana 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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