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California pot shops ready to celebrate as sales start Monday

Marijuana legalization arrives Monday in California with lots of hoopla, but only a handful of cities will initially have retail outlets ready to sell recreational pot.

California’s medical pot market confronts challenges

When Elias Zaldivar was an 18-year-old college freshman and decided he was in the market for marijuana, he knew just how to get it, and it didn’t involve canvassing the corridors of his campus in search of that stoned-out dude who sold pot from his dorm room. Instead, he went straight to a doctor.

Marijuana laws clash at US checkpoints in California

California legalizes marijuana for recreational use Monday, but that won’t stop federal agents from seizing the drug — even in tiny amounts — on busy freeways and backcountry highways.

California’s legal pot party won’t include Los Angeles

There will be no legal pot party in Los Angeles on Jan. 1. California kicks off recreational sales on New Year’s Day, becoming the largest state in the nation with legal marijuana. But Los Angeles officials announced Friday that dispensaries in the city won’t be part of the celebration.

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California may not be biggest threat to Nevada marijuana market

The state was one of four, along with Nevada, that voted in 2016 to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. And with sales projected to top $5 billion once the market gets fully up and running, California’s cannabis corner is expected to be by far the nation’s largest.

Neighborhood input helps slow legal pot in San Francisco

San Francisco officials adopted recreational marijuana rules favored by pot advocates, but not without heated discussions over local control in a tightly packed city where neighborhoods differ wildly in politics and character.

Nevada gaming leaders to revisit issue of pot conventions

The Gaming Policy Committee will reconvene early next year to discuss if and how casino companies can host conventions and trade shows about marijuana without running afoul of existing federal controlled-substance and money-laundering statutes.

Henderson creates plan for pot money to flow to schools

Education advisory board seen as likely to recommend a grantlike approach in which schools will apply to fund specific projects with money raised from license fees from city’s marijuana dispensaries.

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