marijuana

Voters throughout California are deciding whether to expand the state’s marijuana industry in this year’s election. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2020.

A Mexican national who coordinated shipments of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the San Diego area and arranged to deliver them to customers in Southern California and elsewhere was sentenced in federal court to 17 years in prison. Javier Felix Bayardo, 36, entered a guilty plea Monday in the case in federal court in San Diego in August 2018, admitting…

It could be a landmark election year for the legal marijuana industry.

An East Los Angeles man was sentenced to two years behind bars for helping an off-duty deputy sheriff stage a fake drug raid and steal more than a half-ton of marijuana and cash from a downtown warehouse, according to court papers obtained Wednesday.

Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota and Montana will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in their states this Election Day. Business Insider reporter Jeremy Berke breaks down the probability of legalization in each state and discusses where the presidential candidates stand on the issue.

The Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation will begin accepting applications for licenses for cannabis delivery, distribution, non-volatile manufacturing and testing labs beginning at 2 p.m. Tuesday and continuing until further notice.

An operation targeting illegal marijuana cultivation in Riverside County led to eradication of more than 4,500 plants and seizure of 11,000 pounds of processed pot this week, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said.

Two tons of marijuana were seized and two people were arrested Saturday when search warrants were served at a pair of San Jacinto homes.

The August Complex Fire has burned more than 1,000 square miles across NorCal, and its threatening the famed Emerald Triangle.

Seven people were found suffering from gunshot wounds in an apparent illegal marijuana operation in an unincorporated area of Aguanga early Monday morning, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said, and all seven shooting victims died. One woman was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died, while the other six people died at the scene, which was in the 45000…

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, many people are dealing with stress, anxiety and boredom, and some San Diegans’ coping mechanism has shown in sales.

Nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana and methamphetamine were intercepted by maritime law enforcement agents in separate incidents off the coast of San Diego County over the weekend, the agency announced on Tuesday.

Marijuana extraction is a dangerous process that can lead to explosions. Lolita Lopez reported for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2020.

Officials in Evanston, Ill. are proposing sale tax from the sales of cannabis be used to fund a proposal for reparations.

The use of marijuana and electronic cigarettes jumped dramatically among young adult Californians between 2017 and 2018, with large proportions of users of both products being underage, according to a study released Tuesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The study, which highlights smoking trends among 18- to 25-year-olds, shows that e-cigarette vaping surged by 48% over that…

Los Angeles moved Wednesday to reboot its once-promising legal marijuana market, giving initial approval to changes large and small to expand licensing and get more assistance to operators who endured the consequences of the nation’s war on drugs. Broad legal sales kicked off in California in 2018, and at that time Los Angeles was expected to quickly establish itself as…

Two Southern California men who conspired with an off-duty deputy sheriff to stage a fake drug raid and rob more than a half-ton of marijuana from a downtown Los Angeles warehouse face sentencing Tuesday. Jay Colby “Monte Jay” Sanford and Eric “Rooster” Rodriguez — who will be appear in court by videoconference — are among six co-defendants convicted of plotting…

A raid on a Lake Elsinore home uncovered an indoor marijuana grow containing more than 1,000 cannabis plants under sun lamps, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sgt. Glenn Warrington said that a search warrant was served Wednesday evening at the property in the 45000 block of Thalia Lane, in an area known as Rosetta Canyon, where anti-narcotics teams…

Authorities served 10 marijuana-related search warrants in the unincorporated communities of Anza and Aguanga, chopping down more than 14,000 plants and arresting three Aguanga residents, sheriff’s officials reported Wednesday. The interagency operation included Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies and personnel from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. According to sheriff’s Sgt. James Burton, the 31 processed pounds of marijuana…

The owner of High Times is going to start selling marijuana after championing its use in the pages of its magazine for nearly half a century.