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California’s Cannabis Turmoil

California has had a mostly unsupervised medical cannabis program since 1996, and given that it’s now trying to impose a strict regime on a large population, they’ll likely hit bumps in the road.

California has had a mostly unsupervised medical cannabis program since 1996, and given that it’s now trying to impose a strict regime on a large population, they’ll likely hit bumps in the road.


Confusion and chaos in California– Even though California will finally begin allowing the sale of recreational marijuana on January 1st, 2018, a lot of people are very nervous about how that is going to go. The state has had a largely unsupervised medical cannabis program in place since 1996 and now is trying to impose a strict regulatory regime on an enormous population of entrepreneurs and criminals, many of whom have never followed rules before. Expect some turmoil prior to the enlightenment. For more information, visit http://www.theblincgroup.com/

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