In what some describe as another blow to a struggling industry, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an opinion on Dec. 19, 2023, declaring that interstate cannabis trade would be detrimental to the state because of the risk of federal litigation.
“We believe that relevant legal risks include the possibility that California’s laws authorizing interstate cannabis activities could be deemed preempted by the Controlled Substances Act,” the opinion reads. “In our view, such a result would constitute an ‘adverse or unwelcome circumstance’ for the State.”
