The new year brings with it a new era for marijuana in California. January 1, 2018, marks the beginning of a new approach for Californians when adults can legally buy marijuana at a licensed retailer.
Los Angeles finally announced it would accept business applications as legalization becomes legal in the state! Read all about these developments and more in The Fresh Toast’s Marijuana Legislative Roundup for Jan. 2.
As California gets used to legalized cannabis, the city of San Francisco announced an education campaign to teach teenagers the "facts and risks to support healthy decisions in this new era."
On January 1, legal sales of recreational cannabis began in California. Thousands of people waited in line, many of them overnight, to be of the first to purchase legal weed through a dispensary.