Gains, growing pains mark California's 1st year of legal pot
December 30, 2018
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was supposed to be a great year for marijuana entrepreneur Brian Blatz.
When California broadly legalized pot on Jan. 1, the lawyer with a background in banking and health care had been working for a year to set up a trucking company that would whisk fragrant marijuana buds, infused juices and other products from fields and production plants to store shelves.
On its website, Long Beach-based Verdant Distribution said the company's goal was to be the United States' pre-eminent business for transporting cannabis.
But it's all gone. The trucks were sold to cover debt, a...
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