Cannabis

DID YOU KNOW? The Lost Coast Outpost ends up writing about marijuana/cannabis issues quite frequently. Below, for your convenience, all those posts are gathered into one place. 

Do you fancy yourself knowledgable on the local industry scene and want to show how much you know? Let us know what you’d like to contribute!

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June 2023

Local Weed Dispensary Humboldt Patient Resource Center Closes Suddenly Following Owner’s Death

May 2023

Denied by Supes and a Judge, Enviro Groups Continue Fight Against Remote SoHum Weed Farm With Appeals Court Filing

April 2023

Once Poster Boys for Legal Weed in Humboldt, Emerald Family Farms is Being Sold for Parts

Proponents of the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative Are Calling Out the Board of Supervisors, County Staff for Allegedly Distorting the Intent of the 2024 Ballot Measure

March 2023

Humboldt County Cannabis Farmers Blast ‘Misleading’ Ballot Initiative That Would Impose New Restrictions on Cultivators; Supervisors Form an Ad Hoc Committee to Work on Alternatives

February 2023

Humboldt County Cannabis Farmers Look to Co-ops As a Means to Compete Against Corporate Consolidation

January 2023

‘We’re in Crisis Mode’: Collapsing Cannabis Industry Guts Garberville Businesses; Local Leaders Look to Tourism as a Saving Grace

December 2022

Wiyot Tribe Objects to Planned Cannabis Project on Old SPI Mill Site, Which Sits Atop the Ruins of a Wiyot Village

November 2022

THE HUMBOLDT CHRONICLES: Rep. Jared Huffman’s State of the Cannabis Address, in the Wake of the Mid-Term Elections

Supervisors Suspend Measure S Cannabis Cultivation Taxes for Two Years

October 2022

Supes Agree to Put Controversial Weed Initiative on 2024 Ballot, Though They Hope to Work With Organizers on Alternatives

An Initiative to Reshape Humboldt’s Cannabis Industry Qualified for the Ballot, and It Has Growers Worried

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Farewell, Humboldt

President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted Under Federal Marijuana Possession Laws

‘It’s Gonna Look Like a Ghost Town’: Garberville Business Owners Sound the Alarm as Weed Industry Tanks

September 2022

THE HUMBOLDT CHRONICLES: A News Roundup on the State of Cannabis Regulation Locally and Globally, Featuring an Interview With Humboldt County Economic Development Director Scott Adair

THE CANNABIS COVERSATION: Appellations

August 2022

Responding to Drought Concerns, Supes Tell Staff to Develop a Cannabis Policy on Water Storage and Forbearance

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Humboldt’s Big Play, Take Two

State Fines Unlicensed Cannabis Grower More Than $300K for Runoff That Threatens Mad River Water Quality

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Humboldt’s Big Play

July 2022

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Cannabis Farming — Financial Success in an Increasingly Competitive Industry

The Humboldt Chronicles, Your Monthly Roundup of Cannabis News and Features, Talks About the Changing Regulatory Landscape

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Why People Consume Cannabis

WEED REGS LAXED: Newly Approved Update to Eureka’s Cannabis Ordinance Simplifies License Structures for Business Owners, Allows Event Onsite Consumption

[UPDATED] New Hoopa Valley Police Chief Inaccurately Stated That Officers Destroyed $10.8 Million Worth of Illegal Cannabis on Tribal Land, Says He Intentionally Released Misinformation as a ‘Test’

4,500 Pot Plants Found at Trespass Grow on Hoopa Valley Tribal Land

Governor Newsom Signs Cannabis Tax Reform Initiative Killing Statewide Cultivation Tax

June 2022

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: The Shift

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Loss Leadership

May 2022

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: The 2022 Forecast

Humboldt Patient Resource Center, Which Tried to be More Than a Dispensary, to Shutter Its Eureka Location

‘We Need Actual, Meaningful Tax Reform’: State Budget Proposal Seeks to Eliminate Cannabis Cultivation Tax This Summer

Civil Grand Jury Calls for Improvements, Modernizations in County’s Weed Grow Permitting Process

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: 276 Days

April 2022

FEES TOO DAMN HIGH? State Cannabis Agency Wants Feedback on its Equity Fee Waiver Program

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: David and Goliath

It’s 420! And What Better Way to Celebrate Than By Legally Smoking Weed at Eureka’s First Indoor Cannabis Lounge?

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: The Cannabis Reform Initiative

March 2022

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Size Matters

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Divided We Fall

Department of Cannabis Control Seeks Public Input on Proposed Regulatory Changes

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Mentorship

February 2022

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Cannabis Addiction

Local Growers Voice Support for New Assembly Bill That Would Allow Direct Sales at State Cannabis Events

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Hill Life

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Team Building

With the Local Cannabis Industry Reeling, Supervisors Slash 2022 Cultivation Tax by 85 Percent

THE CANNABIS CONVERSATION: Cannabis as Medicine

YESTERDAY in SUPES: After Bushnell Recuses Herself, Board Considers Tax Relief Options for Struggling Cannabis Growers But Postpones Decision


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