California marijuana growers face new crop of local bans

By LISA LEFF 8 hours ago

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When the California Legislature passed the state's first comprehensive medical marijuana regulations in September, pot advocates hoped the move heralded a new era of trust in their often-tumultuous relationship with wary local officials and police.

So far, it hasn't turned out that way.

Facing what appears to be a rapidly closing window for action, dozens of cities and counties from across California are racing to enact new bans on marijuana-growing. Some apply only to commercial cultivation, both indoor and outdoor, but many would also prohibit personal pot gardens that have been legal — or at least overlooked — for 19 years.

"Any other industry that created four months of seasonal labor and hundreds of thousands of jobs...we would be giving tax breaks to those businesses," medical marijuana dispensary owner Robert Jacob, a member of the Sebastopol City Council who has been fighting pot-growing bans proposed in Sonoma County.

At issue is a paragraph in the 70-page framework approved in the closing hours of the legislative session that would give the state alone authority to license growers in jurisdictions that do not have laws on the books by March 1 specifically authorizing or outlawing cultivation.

Lawmakers involved in crafting the package say the deadline ended up by mistake in the final compromise regulations. Assemblyman Jim Wood, a Democrat who represents California's prime pot-growing region, included it in earlier versions as a way to free local governments from a responsibility they might not want, spokeswoman Liz Snow said.

"It was a way to try to make it clearer in terms of, 'OK, local jurisdictions. If you want to act, you should be thinking about it, working on it now. Otherwise, we will all defer to the state,'" Snow said.
Even before Gov. Jerry Brown signed the regulations, which create the first statewide licensing and operating rules for California's sprawling medical marijuana industry, Wood announced he would introduce an emergency bill this month deleting the March 1 deadline.
The League of California Cities and the California Association of Police Chiefs, while supporting the fix, nonetheless have advised their members to enact cultivation bans ahead of the original cutoff date as a precaution to preserve local control.
The two groups fought hard last year for provisions stating that to be eligible for licenses the state expects to start issuing in about two years, anyone involved in the commercial medical marijuana trade must first obtain a local operating permit.
Tim Cromartie, a lobbyist with the League of California Cities, said the guidance to ban all medical marijuana growing outright stemmed from the conclusion that the short time frame did not give local officials enough time to draft, debate and refine their own cultivation rules.
"Most cities, their staff have no clue how to begin writing one of these ordinances. Their first thought is, 'Don't the feds prohibit this? How can we do this?'" Cromartie said. "We know of jurisdictions that didn't want to have to ban, but they did it under the point of a gun."
With new proposals being introduced and voted on almost daily, no one knows yet how many of California's 58 counties and 482 cities have taken the league's advice.
The California branch of the National Organization for the Repeal of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, which has been monitoring what it's termed "the banapalooza," said more than 160 jurisdictions either have passed or introduced legislation to outlaw only commercial cultivation or both commercial and personal growing.

The crackdown has been a source of frustration for veteran pot farmers who hoped the new state regulations would bring clarity to their gray corner of the medical marijuana industry and instead find themselves "recriminalized," said Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the newly formed California Growers Association.

Unless the local bans are lifted or modified, they would make medical marijuana growers in those areas automatically ineligible for the potentially lucrative and limited number of agriculture licenses the state expects to start issuing in 2018.

"Certainly we have been disappointed with the League of Cities, how they have chosen to proceed," Allen said. "A lot of the jurisdictions had a predisposition to ban, and the March 1 deadline unfortunately gave them cover to ban."

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Weed Maps becoming one of the most popular apps on Google Play.

If you have ever seen this logo then you know that it can very well help you find the best prices and best locations for marijuana (wear it is legal only, of course)...

If you have ever used weed maps then you know that it can come in hand if you are in a place that you are unfamiliar with. Like if you were just visiting Denver Colorado and were up for the weekend. When some people are in that position they don't even know wear to start to look for weed. And sometimes that is the only reason some people come to visit Colorado.

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Since its creation, we maps has come out with its own app for both the iPhone and the Google Play Store. This has been the most beneficial to them because people are most always looking on the go. Since the creation of thee application the app has quickly sky-rocketed itself up on the app store to the top 25 list. It being number 23 as of October, 23, 2014. This just goes to show that people love weed and are willing to travel all over the the United States to get it,.. Yea.

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Medical going viral

Marijuana today is, as you know, becoming more widely know as a medical substance for many people who have seizures, cancer, and many other critical health problems that make life even harder to handle then it already is. To some people it is hard to get through the day without it because they refuse to take the deadly addicting pharmaceuticals that people like doctors and counsels tend to recommend.

 As people start to better understand marijuana it will become widely know. People who's kids have cancerous tumours can take the BHO Extracted marijuana oils for the help of the reduction of the tumor. The pain tumours can invole is sometime of the charts as we'll. So with the oil you are killing 2 birds with one stone. Reducing the pain while, in hopes, if you are not to late, reducing the tumor(s) as well. 

 The main purpose behind this article is to spread the word about the BHO and alcheol oil extracts can be very beneficial to various cancer patients, and many other people with both major and minor health issues that can make everyday life a task. The point behind it all is that some people audit ally need this stuff. So be aware of what it can do for people. But mostly, put your self in someone else's shoes. What if your child or cousin or whoever it may be had cancer... Wouldn't you want to see them live a long and hopeful life.... Rather then a short and narrow one? People people. We encourage you to visit our upcoming "documentaries" pages. We will be posting lots of different documentaries about marijuana and it's medical benefits for all people. 

 We encourage you to watch these videos to better inform yourself on marijuana and to have a better insight on things. Thanks for viewing..... 

Growing weed with the best intentions possible...

The weed is growing, growing, growing...

As you all may know we LOVE to talk about the growing culture of marijuana in today's society. The wonderful growers that help us keep that information stock piled would not able to do so without the legalization of marijuana in both the states of Colorado and Washington. So we would like to thank both of those states in advance for helping us further motivate the mid-west regions to legalize marijuana!

 In the image above you see jars or both medical and recreational marijuana. All labeled to the strain. All doing something just a little bit different to both the mind and the body.

 These jars are what looks to be a least a few weeks worth of weed for the dispensaries. You would think so... but no. Fellow growers have often told us on how they cannot keep up with the supply and demand of the dispensaries. Well now we have confirmed it.

 Local dispensary owner and long time friend of mine Rick Bradly, the owner of "The Secret Stash" in Denver Colorado says "We have to have multiple growers to contact for product". Bradly then goes on to say that marijuana in Colorado is "Every wear but no-wear". Bradly states that it's not just the residents of Colorado, but the tourists that the legalization of marijuana has attracted as well. "People come from all around", Bradly says. "Sometime I see more out of state IDs in one day then I do in state ones", He states.

 From both the growers perspective and the dispensaries perspective, the marijuana is not keeping up with the supply and demand ratios needed for the general public. The law for growing marijuana in colorado is 6 plants per residents. And no more then 6 pounds can be transported at one time or else it is still considered illegal. So the laws are in a way restricting the amount of marijuana one person can have. The dispensaries are their-for getting around this by going through multiple distributors. Rick also made comments on this subject matter as well... "It makes things harder", he says, "Sometimes one guy won't pull through so I'll quick have to go and call another. It gets to be a real hassle."

 We would like to point out that the secret stash is one of the best local Dispensaries in Denver. :) We have nothing more on this category. Again, thanks for viewing! If you have a legalization vote coming up soon please vote to legalize :) Thanks!

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Weed-friendly Colorado considers ban against edibles

Weed-friendly Colorado has been having serious talks about banning medical edibles in the state. For what reason is still unexplained. But for what its worth, we think that it's a joke...

When Misguided Cops Turn The War On Weed Into A War On Growing Things

Whats new... another police officer that has nothing better to do with his time but bash on marijuana and all of its users! Even those suffering pain from cancer and other illnesses! He claims marijuana is "An unacceptable drug". It is no drug sir... click for more!

Marijuana and the strains

Marijuana is obviously classified as 2 things in the United States these days. A Class C Drug, or, a highly beneficial medication for people who have cancer, diseases, or other seriously hard to death with health issues. It wonderful ability to heal pain and make life whole again has helped many people in the United States, as well as people around the world as well, to.

Since the legalization of Marijuana has come around in the state of Colorado, people have really started to experiment with the different strains of marijuana to see what helps them most with their problems.


 Some peoples issues are much different then others. For example. If one man has serious back pain then he might like a more indica dominate strain. As to wear someone with depression or something like that would want a more sativa dominate strain. Indica and sativa both run in most marijuana strains. But, some strains are 100% indica or 100% sativa. Let us explain by giving you details about both sativa and indica.

Sativa: Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous plant in the Cannabis genus, a species of the Cannabaceae family. People have cultivated cannabis sativa throughout recorded history as a source of industrial fibre, seed oil, food, recreation, religious and spiritual moods, andmedicine. Each part of the plant is harvested differently, depending on the purpose of its use. -Wikipedia

Indica: Cannabis indica, formally known as Cannabis sativa forma indica, is an annual plant in the Cannabaceae family. A putative species of the genus Cannabis, it is typically distinguished from Cannabis sativa  -Wikipedia

If you look at the pictures of the 2 different strain types you can clearly see the difference in the plants. The indica is a heaver leafed, more dark and broad plant. Short and stout. As to wear the sativa is a tall a skinny plant. Producing enormous buds, almost resembling a little Christmas tree.