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Snoop Dogg, left, and Martha Stewart pose in the press room at the MTV Movie and TV Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Snoop Dogg is quitting weed, Martha Stewart canceled Thanksgiving. Has the sky fallen?

Snoop Dogg says he’s stashing his weed for good, while Martha Stewart is hanging up her Thanksgiving apron. Are they cooking up something unexpected?

Nov. 17, 2023

PALMAS ALTAS, ZACATECAS - APRIL 09: Bullet casings line HWY 358 between the towns of Palmas Altas and Jerez on Sunday, April 9, 2023 in Palmas Altas, Zacatecas. The valley of La Sierra Los Cardos is a contested territory of opposing cartels. Mexicans who immigrated to the United States, hoping to retire building houses in their hometowns in Mexico, are hesitant to return because of cartel violence. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

‘Narcas’ author Deborah Bonello on the dangerous fascination of Latin American drug cartels

Nov. 14, 2023

Licensed cannabis farmer Mary Gaterud nurtures such strains as pina colada cake and watermelon starburst.

Cal State East Bay offers cannabis online training certification programs, and registration is still open

Nov. 10, 2023

Photo illustration of evidence photos of a structure in the woods, a gun, a group of people, grow site

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A father and son shot, dismembered and burned. This is the dark side of California cannabis

Nov. 9, 2023

An animation is projected on the Pleasure Med building.

‘What’s better than sex and weed?’ How about a new West Hollywood one-stop pleasure campus

Nov. 2, 2023

U-Haul with 2,000 pounds of marijuana in back crashes into Sierra Madre police station

Oct. 27, 2023
Bill to allow Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California goes up in smoke with Newsom veto

Oct. 10, 2023
Opinion: I’m the Black owner of a national cannabis company. Here’s why there aren’t many others

Sept. 16, 2023
U.S. regulators might change how they classify marijuana. Here’s what that would mean

Sept. 1, 2023

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We’re all too stressed! Here are 16 self-care gifts for chilling out

Nov. 1, 2023
‘CannaJefas’ and ‘MotaMamis’ find community at the Latinas in Cannabis Summit

Oct. 6, 2023
After starting UCLA’s cannabis club, she unexpectedly became a weed whisperer for Gen Z

Sept. 14, 2023
Weed drinks have gotten so much better. Here are 5 worth trying

Aug. 3, 2023
A prostitute’s ghost and bullet holes: In rural California hotels, spookiness is the appeal

May 26, 2023
Looking back at the absolutely unexpected and totally wild origin of 420

April 19, 2022

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High summer is coming. What to pack in a ultimate weed-themed picnic basket

‘You sent me to war. Now’s your turn to fix me.’ How a weed brand is helping veterans

Buy a bong, support a Latino artisan through this stylish L.A. brand

Photo illustration of cannabis with a stethoscope looped around it.

California medical marijuana patients can get free weed. Here’s how

A collage illustration of Seth Rogen with a yellow house, golden dog and tree sized cannabis bud.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s weed house is actually really chic? Take a look

Photo illustration of a mother and daughter making food. A green cloud with marijuana leaves behind the mother.

‘I’m not doing anything wrong’: Pot-smoking L.A. moms on parenting while high

The future of weed isn’t in California. It’s somewhere totally unexpected

Want to get high (but not too high) this holiday season? Here are 7 low-dose options

Black Girl Magic meets Jazz Age speakeasy at this new L.A. pot shop

Learn how to roll a joint like a rock star with L.A. roots

I thought I hated yoga. Then I tried ‘stoned yoga’ in L.A.

I needed answers. My hunt to find the backstory of the perfect pot pipe

Ricky Williams talks cannabis, the NFL and pain management

Check out Stone Road, an off-the-grid cannabis farm with big cannatourism dreams

Cannacurious seniors board the magic bus

Mike Tyson and Ric Flair tag-team the cannabis space and wait, is that Evander Holyfield?

The best cannabis gifts for those on Santa’s nice list | The Green Room

Evergreen Guides

This gadget is a near-perfect way to consume weed. Here’s why it makes me angry
I went to Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concert and left with a lot of weed wisdom
Can you smoke a joint at the Hollywood Bowl? And other burning weed questions answered
8 wacky ways to get high without smoking
My significant other travels a lot for work. Here’s how I cope with her absence
Nervous about going to an L.A. weed shop? This beginner’s guide will help

Cannabis plants on an illegal grow blow in the wind

Legal Weed, Broken Promises: A Times series on the fallout of legal pot in California

California’s legalization of recreational cannabis in 2016 ushered in a multibillion-dollar industry. But many of the promises of legalization have proved elusive.

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An employee shows a growing cannabis or hemp plant in a box at the Cannabis Museum in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Germany's Cabinet is set to approve a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, setting the scene for the European Union's most populous member to decriminalize possession of limited amounts and allow members of "cannabis clubs" to buy the substance for recreational purposes. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Cabinet approves plan to liberalize cannabis possession and sale

Germany’s Cabinet approves a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, including possession of limited amounts and sale for recreational purposes.

Aug. 16, 2023

Former Adelanto mayor sentenced to prison in cannabis bribery scheme

Aug. 4, 2023

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CA, JUNE 5, 2016 - Sunshine Johnston, 43, squeezes a bit of oil from a cannabis bud to smell for quality. She and her husband, Eric, 41, run a small sustainable cannabis farm that may be threatened by proposed distibution laws should recreational marijuana use become legal in California. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Marijuana farm’s ex-manager leads 10 masked men in armed robbery, authorities say

July 25, 2023

Last seasons plant stalks are seen at Seth Jacobs' marijuana planting field at his Slack Hollow farm in Argyle, N.Y., Friday, May 12, 2023. Farmers growing New York's first legal adult marijuana crop are having trouble moving product because there's only a dozen licensed dispensaries statewide to sell to. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Slow start to New York’s legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag

June 4, 2023

Weaverville, CA - April 21: Scene looking over Weaverville where a few miles out of the Trinity County town the owner of a cannabis farm locked up workers on his mountaintop ranch for 11 days in November after initially telling them it was a 2-day job, and then robbed them of pay Friday, April 21, 2023 in Weaverville, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Weed war: Raids on licensed farms and dog shooting spark outrage

May 19, 2023

Singapore hangs second man in three weeks for trafficking marijuana

May 17, 2023

Cannabis workers face death and exploitation. California is stepping in after Times investigation

May 5, 2023

CEO of Cookies pot brand accused of kickbacks, strong-arm tactics

April 28, 2023

Singapore hangs man for coordinating delivery of a kilo of marijuana

April 26, 2023

California

Column: California’s cannabis industry is broken. But here’s how we can fix one part of it

April 10, 2023
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Corruption is widespread in California’s weed industry. Now, the state is taking action

March 23, 2023
California

Labor unions’ objections delay California investigation into wage theft system

March 22, 2023
California

California considers legalizing cannabis cafes to help struggling marijuana industry

Feb. 13, 2023
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Palm Springs’ weed lounge game is hot right now — especially compared to L.A.

Feb. 8, 2023
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Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis and farm work

Jan. 29, 2023
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How a prison-turned-pot-farm is helping those behind bars for cannabis crimes

Jan. 26, 2023
Science & Medicine

FDA declines to regulate CBD and calls on Congress for a fix

Jan. 26, 2023
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Answers to common weed questions from budtenders | The Green Room

Jan. 12, 2023
California

‘The War on Drugs Part II’: California taxes, rules are killing small legal weed farms

Dec. 29, 2022
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Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry

Dec. 22, 2022
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The 30 most-read Los Angeles Times cannabis stories of 2022

Dec. 21, 2022

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