California lawmakers are heading towards a Thursday vote on a budget package. One piece of it is the so-called “cannabis trailer bill” – which aims to align the state’s rules for medical and recreational marijuana.
Nate Bradley is with the California Cannabis Industry Association which represents cannabis businesses up and down the supply chain.
In his view the bill is written in a way that will assure local governments the state is taking a very thorough approach to cannabis regulation.
BRADLEY: “To let the rest of the state know that if you choose to regulate it, you’re going to be covered. You’re not going to be left holding the bag.”
Under the cannabis trailer bill, smaller-scale growers will be able to form cannabis cooperatives as other CA ‘ag’ producers do – like Blue Diamond almond growers or Land O’ Lakes dairies.