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Vista’s Moonlight Amphitheatre usually hosts concerts, plays and holiday light shows. -
The San Diego City Council Monday voted to increase the tax rate for cannabis businesses from 8% to 10% as the city faces a looming budget deficit. -
The City Treasurer's Department says raising the tax could bring in more revenue — or reduce revenue by driving more consumers to the illicit market and lower-tax suburbs. -
The state is allowing more on-street alcohol sales and food in cannabis lounges. Supporters say the laws will boost downtown economies. -
Advocates say the recent ban will especially affect vulnerable individuals, including children. -
The proposal still faces a potentially lengthy review process, but if is approved it could have wide-ranging effects. It could make marijuana research easier. It could reduce taxes for legal cannabis businesses. -
In another step toward a commercial cannabis ordinance, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday voted 3-2 in favor of a social equity program that advocates say will allow people affected by previous criminalization efforts to participate in the regulated market. -
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
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The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Vista, California, CBD hemp oil company fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from the active ingredient in marijuana. -
The city is not looking to open more cannabis dispensaries. Rather, the report is preparation for when the city considers other types of cannabis businesses.
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