The study’s findings show that as the number of dispensaries increase, the number of opioid deaths drop.

Small cannabis farmers are contributing to the regenerative agriculture movement by cultivating polycultures rather than growing just one crop.

Davina Smith hopes to help set the course for the department’s future.

Certain product sectors came through the 2008 Great Recession relatively unscathed. Will cannabis get through this one? 

Even with state programs designed to close the gap, experts and advocates say the cost of entry and long list of requirements are still keeping people of color and low-income applicants from entering the state’s lucrative legal market.

Khemia Manufacturing’s Mindy Galloway says her company is almost halfway through a $1 million seed funding round.

In this time of enforced boredom laced with extraordinary stress, many people in the Capital Region are turning to cannabis for relief from both. 

In a series of new orders and regulations, state authorities have eased restrictions on cannabis dispensaries and on restaurants in the booze business to help them weather the financial impact of shelter-in-place orders.

Many local leaders and members of the commercial cannabis community are still optimistic about the November 2018 passage of five ballot measures in El Dorado County that lay the groundwork for a fully legalized and regulated cannabis industry.

SMUD is exploring ways to meet increased energy demands where cannabis cultivation operations are concentrated.