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California&#8217;s multistep marijuana permit process rightly impedes weed rollout

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One year ago, California stoners and casual marijuana users alike expected to have a bustling legal recreational weed market by now. Contrary to popular belief, though, the deal didn’t make the state into a forest of weed by 2019.

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California’s multistep marijuana permit process rightly impedes weed rollout

By Emily Merz

Jan. 30, 2019 10:20 p.m.