The Santa Ana Police Department recently discovered dozens of labor trafficking victims after serving a search warrant on an illegal marijuana cultivation operation. The department was made aware of the illicit operation from a community complaint, and after investigating the lead, Vice detectives were able to narrow down the location to an industrial complex near…
Santa Ana Police Serve Search Warrant for Illegal Marijuana Cultivation, Find Labor Trafficking Victims
Costa Mesa to Authorize Tax Liens Against Illegal Marijuana Dispensaries That Refuse to Pay Fines
July 23, 2021
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Costa Mesa city council passed a resolution July 20 that will allow it to place unpaid illegal marijuana dispensary fines onto the California county’s tax roll as a lien against the property. The city has been dealing with a host of illegal dispensaries popping up in the past few years as a result of 2016’s Proposition 64, which allowed recreational marijuana…
Senate Democrats Unveil Bill That Would Legalize Marijuana
Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled draft legislation that would legalize marijuana in the United States. “We are joining together to release draft legislation to end the federal prohibition on cannabis. This is monumental because at long last we are taking steps in the Senate to right the wrongs of the failed war on drugs,” Senate…
LA County Board to Crack Down on Illegal Grows, Reconsider Cannabis Ban
July 13, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted July 13 to collaborate with federal, state and local officials to shut down illegal cannabis grow operations in the Antelope Valley, while agreeing to reconsider a longstanding county ban on commercial marijuana. Supervisor Kathryn Barger warned three weeks ago that commercial cannabis and hemp grow…
Arizona Lawmakers Approve Funding to Study Correlation Between Marijuana, Mental Illness
Arizona lawmakers on June 30 approved a Republican-led spending plan to study possible links between marijuana use and mental illness, a move widely criticized by cannabis advocates as political. The bill, SB1847, earmarks $250,0000 for specific use in “research on the correlation between marijuana use and mental illness, including psychosis and violent behavior.” It also…
Villanueva: Antelope Valley Pot Raids Seized $1.19B in Marijuana
July 7, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A massive law-enforcement crackdown on illegal marijuana-grow operations in the Antelope Valley last month resulted in more than 130 arrests and the seizure of marijuana with a street value of more than $1.19 billion, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said July 7. When the raids started June 8, Villanueva called them “the largest operation ever…
Chinese Nationals Exploit Loopholes in Marijuana Legalization
The legalization of marijuana in various states has given rise to a chain of industries, including illegal cultivation, interstate trafficking, distribution, and money laundering; and the scale of the business is getting larger and larger. Some Chinese nationals are exploiting loopholes in the law to exploit the marijuana industry. Loopholes in Growing Marijuana On Nov….
Chinese Use Social Media Apps in Marijuana Money Laundering Scheme
A loophole in Colorado’s marijuana laws has prompted a group of people to engage in a dark occupation involving money laundering. This June, 21 people were accused of illegally growing and distributing marijuana in Colorado. The investigation found that Chinese social media apps played an active role in the drug proceeds being laundered back to…
California Lawmakers Demand Action on Illegal Cannabis Operations
May 17, 2021
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Elected officials in California are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to address the state’s illegal marijuana growing operations. In a May 11 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the lawmakers said the abundance of marijuana grow operations in the state make the surrounding areas “untenable” and “dangerous for the residents in the surrounding neighborhoods.” “We have heard from our constituents of heinous incidents…
Clearing the Smoke: A Former Presidential Adviser’s Fight Against Cannabis
April 24, 2021
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Kevin Sabet has never smoked marijuana, but his life revolves around it. As a teen in Anaheim Hills, California, in the 1990s, Sabet saw problems with marijuana use among his friends. But he felt his community didn’t take it seriously and avoided talking about drugs in general. A friend of his was hit by a…
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