Pubdate: Thu, 11 Jan 2018
Source: Sacramento Bee (CA)
Copyright: 2018 The Sacramento Bee
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Author: Brad Branan

TOP: SACRAMENTO LEADS STATE IN NUMBER OF RETAIL MARIJUANA SHOPS - THE
SACRAMENTO BEE

Sacramento has more retail cannabis shops than any other city in
California, which is the largest retail marijuana market in the country.

According to recent records from the state Bureau of Cannabis Control,
Sacramento has 15 dispensaries licensed to sell recreational weed to
adults 21 and over, followed by San Diego with 13, San Francisco with
nine and Cathedral City with eight.

These figures will change as the bureau continues to process license
applications. Dispensaries in some places, notably Los Angeles and San
Francisco, lagged in the application process because local officials
did not approve their own regulations as early as Sacramento and other
cities.

Sacramento dispensaries still have pending applications with the
state. The city has approved local permits for 23 dispensaries wanting
to sell retail weed.

San Francisco and Sacramento have both capped the number of retail
establishments at 30, meaning they could end up with a similar number
of approved stores.

But Los Angeles is almost certain to end up as the king of retail
marijuana sales in California. While the state has yet to approve any
licenses there, the city has hundreds of medical marijuana
dispensaries.

The campaign, released ahead of California legalizing marijuana on
Jan. 1, stirred controversy with viewers over its descriptions of the
drug.
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