Our View: Effecting change, or maybe not

Santa Ynez Valley News, November 7, 2019

More than a year after Prop. 64’s passage, marijuana rules are a patchwork throughout the [Santa Barbara] county.

We’re not sure how this problem can be resolved, other than somehow unifying the rules. We are sure that something must be done, if state and local governments want to eliminate black-market operations.

If they don’t, the tax-revenue benefits of legalizing marijuana will be devoured by black-market profiteers undermining the legal market, and law enforcement agencies spending big bucks trying to stop them.

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CANARY: Clock’s ticking

Santa Maria Sun, November 6, 2019

How much time do you think Santa Barbara County has to waste on appeals to cannabis projects? 

If the county Planning Commission’s nine-hour hearing on Oct. 30 is any indication, apparently county staffers just have a ton of idle time to spend listening to people whine about cannabis. Yeah, guys. Nine hours. On one item. 

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Weed in Wine = Good Times

Santa Barbara Independent, November 5, 2019

There’s a long history of people putting weed in wine. You basically just add a bunch of heated cannabis flowers to fermenting wine, let it sit for five days, strain out the leaves, then allow the batch to age another 8 to 12 months. There’s a little more to it than that, but it’s pretty simple. And totally illegal.

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Santa Barbara County Collects $6.7 Million in Cannabis Taxes in First Year

Noozhawk, November 5, 2019

The first year of voter-approved cannabis tax revenues brought in $6.7 million for Santa Barbara County, which is higher than expected, and the Board of Supervisors decided not to spend the surplus yet.

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How One Cannabis Cultivator Eliminated The Skunk Smell

Green Entrepreneur, November 4, 2019

Carpinteria, Calif., once blossomed with chrysanthemums, lilies, and hydrangea, but the market for American-grown cut flowers started to wither under the spell of cheaper imports.

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