{"id":4264707,"date":"2024-04-19T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//?p=4264707&preview=true&preview_id=4264707"},"modified":"2024-04-24T17:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:00:25","slug":"why-its-not-a-happy-420-for-many-california-cannabis-dispensaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//04/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//19/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//why-its-not-a-happy-420-for-many-california-cannabis-dispensaries/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//","title":{"rendered":"Why it/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019s not a happy 420 for many California cannabis dispensaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

In cannabis culture, 420 — April 20 — is a day to celebrate./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/n

But for many in California/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019s legal cannabis industry, there/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019s little cause for revelry most days, according to experts who say high taxes, burdensome regulations and illegal sales are crushing entrepreneurs/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019 dreams./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/n

RELATED: How 4/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707//20 grew from humble roots to marijuana/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019s high holiday/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u201cI get calls every week from mom-and-pop operators that were excited about legal cannabis, that invested their life savings into doing something they were passionate about and doing it legally,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u201d said Jason Piazza, director of real estate for WeCann, a Santa Ana cannabis business consulting firm./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/n

/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u201cAnd instead of being rewarded, these folks are being punished,” he said. “They/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019re really being punished./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/n

The situation in California today is better than it was six months or a year ago /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u201cand that/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019s really encouraging,/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u201d Piazza said. /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u201cBut it/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019s still a real challenge./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u201d/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/n

Slang for cannabis smoking, especially at 4:20 p.m., 420/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019s origin is the subject of several theories. It/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/u2019s a day when cannabis users gather and smoke the drug, often in public places./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4264707/n