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California cannabis ‘in peril’

CALIFORNIA CANNABIS INDUSTRY IS ‘IN PERIL,’

PANELISTS TELL COMMITTEE ON MONDAY


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Leaders of California’s cannabis industry painted a bleak picture of their business at Monday’s Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee.


“The industry is in peril,” said Ron Gershoni of Jetty Extracts.


“We are at grave risk. We need your help,” said Genine Coleman of the Origins Council.

Wesley Hein, of the California Distribution Association, called for a “Manhattan Project”-like effort to address the state’s marijuana regulatory structure.


“Bring the people in and say you don’t come out until we’ve gone through every single regulation,” he said. “All we’re saying is, we need to do a reset.”


Along those lines, Coleman said that the state must re