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Yelp, Google Should Remove Illegal Weed Shops Says Los Angeles Initiative To Clean Up Cannabis Search Results
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 2:49pm | 584Search engines and GPS platforms like Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Maps give legitimacy to unlicensed cannabis business in California by not distinguishing them from licensed dispensaries in respective search results. That's according to a measure that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...
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NY Shops Peddling Illegal Weed Could Lose Licenses To Sell Tobacco, Alcohol And Lottery Tickets Under New Bill
Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 1:28pm | 635New York lawmakers are looking to expand on last year's efforts from state authorities to crack down on illicit cannabis sales. One idea under consideration is a bill under which stores caught possessing or selling illicit cannabis would be stripped of their licenses to sell cigarettes, alcohol and...
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NY Cannabis Officials Clamp Down On Unlicensed Weed Shops, Steep Penalties For Illicit Sales
Friday, June 9, 2023 - 12:17pm | 473As of Thursday, an interagency task force including agents from New York's Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and the Department of Taxation and Finance began seizing unlicensed cannabis products and shutting down unlicensed storefronts in New York City. The latest announcement from...
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Chinese Crime Groups Eye Illegal Marijuana Production In US, Lawmakers Warn
Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 9:53am | 745Earlier this month, Oklahoma's Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (OBNDD) served search warrants at four cannabis businesses following an investigation that led to linking sex trafficking, prostitution and drug trafficking to cannabis farms statewide. As part of the search,...