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  Read the hearing transcript: Public Hearing Serving Size and Age for Industrial Hemp Transcript Regulations webpage: DPH-24-005E Emergency Regulations for Serving Size, Age, and Intoxicating Cannabinoids for Industrial Hemp 7/28/25 - The California Dept. of Public Health held a hearing today on proposed...

Cal NORML put out word through our email alert list this week asking cannabis consumers and businesses to tell us about the initial impacts of the 26% excise tax increase that hit cannabis in California on July 1. Several consumers and...

UPDATE September 10, 2025 - AB 564 has passed both houses of the California legislature and is heading to the Governor's desk. UPDATE July 9, 2025 - On the 50th anniversary of cannabis decriminalization in California, AB 564 passed through the Senate...