Nicole Elliott

director of the California Department of Cannabis Control

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Recreational marijuana has been legal in California for five years, but red tape and local resistance have made business tough for legal growers and sellers.

Help legal cannabis growers and sellers navigate complicated red tape — that’s the aim of new state agency

Recreational marijuana has been legal in California for five years, but red tape and local resistance have made business tough for legal growers and sellers.

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