Eating your weeds (Foraging Report)
Article by Jess Watson.
Last updated at Fri, 18 Mar at 7:34am.

I feel guilty about all the weeds in my yard right now.  Encouraged by the rains and periodic bouts of sun, our yard is lush and green and full of flowers, but unfortunately a good amount of that vegetation could be classified as weeds. 

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SF "Chronic"le Journalist arrested for growing weed in Weed, CA
Blog entry by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Tue, 6 Apr at 1:46pm.

Speaking of the shifting sands and legal issues related to marijuana, as I wrote about in the final installment of a 6-part series, a story close to home emerged today in the Chronicle.

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Want some weed? Mapping the Business of Pot in Oakland
Article by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Mon, 29 Mar at 3:11am.

(Editor's note: This is the first piece in a six-part series on Oakland Local on the business of marijuana.)

Now that the tax and regulate cannabis initiative is officially on the November ballot, California may become the first state in the nation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults.

In Oakland and other parts of Northern California, pot is already widely accessible, fueled by an explosion of medical marijuana dispensaries and a grey-market growing system that means medical marijuana and related businesses are booming.

Marijuana medical dispensaries such as Harborside Health Center and schools such as Oaksterdam University are not only bringing in a wide base of customers -- they’re creating the models for others to follow in the growing cannabis economy.

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