A number of neighbors oppose the move, expressing concerns about allowing customers to consume on-site and its proximity to a library.
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Berkeley Patients Group celebrates 20th 4/20 with up to 50% off products, tips for consumers
[Sponsored] This year is Berkeley Patient Group’s 20th 4/20 and it will commemorate the day with significant discounts, a fun 4/20 event and, as always, making a community impact with donations from the week’s sales.
Berkeley Patients Group, nation’s longest operating dispensary, leads cannabis industry in corporate social responsibility
[Sponsored] As it prepares to mark its 19th anniversary on Oct. 31, BPG is doubling down on its mission to provide safe access to quality cannabis and is supporting local efforts to end homelessness in Alameda County.
Berkeley first city in nation to become a ‘sanctuary’ for cannabis
The City Council voted to prohibit city employees, including police officers, from spending city money to help the federal government crack down on cannabis businesses.
Berkeley halves business tax on recreational cannabis
Only a few weeks after the start of recreational cannabis sales, Berkeley decided to lower the business tax
Here are the benefits of obtaining your medical marijuana card in 2018
[Sponsored]: If you think obtaining a medical weed card in 2018 isn’t worth it, these benefits may make you become a cannabis patient in the new year.
Former chair of Berkeley Medical Cannabis Commission sentenced to 3+ years in federal prison
When Rush could not pay back $600K he borrowed from a cannabis businessman, he promised not to unionize the man’s dispensaries in exchange for slashing the loan by $250K.
Medical cannabis grow sites are now almost legal in West Berkeley
The Berkeley City Council has finally set criteria for the medical cannabis grow houses voters approved in 2010.
Cannabis club robbed at gunpoint
Armed robbers hit a medical cannabis dispensary on Sunday night drawing a significant police response to South Berkeley.
Former chair of Berkeley cannabis commission pleads guilty to money laundering
Dan Rush served on the Medical Cannabis Commission for many years, but now admits he was using his position as a union organizer to enrich himself.
Berkeley cannabis dispensary at risk of losing permit
Even though The Apothecarium has an agreement, the property owner is refusing to let the company gain entry to the space.
Op-ed: Berkeley City Council should allow ‘nursery only’ dispensaries
Cannabis nurseries can provide an alternative to industrial crop production.