California cannabis regulators take on exploitation on weed farms
1 year, 8 months ago

California cannabis regulators take on exploitation on weed farms

LA Times  

Acknowledging growing concern over the mistreatment of cannabis workers, California regulators have quietly assembled a team to pursue labor exploitation in the state’s burgeoning weed industry. “We’re doing what we need to do legally to comply.” She said, though, that California regulations in regard to cannabis cultivation workers are vague and contradictory. “It’s a partial explanation of why it’s so rampant.” Lawmakers said the formation of a state cannabis exploitation team does not deter their own efforts to create a statewide labor trafficking division. “Labor trafficking is a severe aggregated form of wage theft,” Arambula said, and because of that, many victimized workers already turn to the agency for help.

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Editorial: California’s cannabis regulator is failing the legal marijuana market
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: California’s cannabis regulator is failing the legal marijuana market

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The dirty secret of California’s legal weed
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The dirty secret of California’s legal weed

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Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry
2 years ago

Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry

LA Times  

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2 years, 4 months ago

Nobody knows how widespread illegal cannabis grows are in California. So we mapped them

LA Times  

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