Cannabis

Grow Your Own for 4/20!

It’s Spring, and good Cannabis is relatively easy to grow By Ken Magri They don’t call it “green gold” for nothing. At $4.6 billion, Cannabis…



How the canna-toys held up

SN&R’s cannabis writer re-reviews four of his past cannabis equipment purchases by Ken Magri This is my 150th cannabis article for the Sacramento News and…


Galloway’s Way

Proactive Sacramentan among first to receive new cannabis storefront license By Ken Magri In some ways, Mindy Galloway is the perfect person for a new…




Hurdles for hemp

Editor’s note: Sacramento is relatively friendly to cannabis, but not so much to hemp The city of Sacramento is adding dispensaries for cannabis, but it’s…


Cannabis connoisseurs

California to recognize marijuana growing locations, just like for fine wines If you’ve ever argued that specific locations provide unique characteristics for growing cannabis, so…


Weed keeps winning

Hey! Happy Holidays and all that stuff. Got any predictions for the new year? I’m glad you asked. Cannabis is still winning. In the November…


Cannabis basics

This may seem kind of random and simple, but here is my question: What is the best way to smoke pot? This is a great…


A landmark for cannabis equity

Sacramento City Council approves 10 new dispensaries for minority owners In a landmark decision, the Sacramento City Council unanimously voted to add 10 new storefront…


Legalizing cannabis

After 50 years, Congress gets serious about changing the law, but won’t vote before the election A historic vote in the U.S. House on the…



A primer on pot

Answers to some questions on cannabis Hey I’m hella new to this pot stuff. It seems so fancy these days. Can you give me a…


Canna-Kamala

Can Kamala Harris change Joe Biden’s views on cannabis legalization? Legalization of cannabis has been relatively ignored as a presidential campaign issue, even though two-thirds…


Dispensary disparity

Ask 420: Are there any Black-owned dispensaries in Sacramento? I’m trying to support the cause. Excellent question. The short answer is: No there aren’t, and…