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    The 805

    From hemp to dispensaries, cannabis wars along the Central Coast

    Earlier this summer, officials in Santa Barbara selected three pot shops to operate legally within city limits. Now, the owners of a shop that didn’t make the cut is considering taking legal action.

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    By Jonathan Bastian • Sep 1, 2018 • 1 min read

    Earlier this summer, officials in Santa Barbara selected three pot shops to operate legally within city limits. Now, the owners of a shop that didn’t make the cut is considering taking legal action. And up north in San Luis Obispo, California’s former lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado was accused of illegally growing 30 acres of cannabis on his farmland, but it turned out to be industrial hemp.

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      Jonathan Bastian

      Host, Life Examined

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