State gives marijuana businesses more time for compliance

The transition to a fully regulated cannabis industry is taking California a bit longer than anticipated.
While state regulators scramble to extend temporary marijuana business licenses, they’re also considering whether to extend a grace period that gives operators extra time to comply with strict new industry standards.
As of Monday, a tenth of the 6,000 temporary cannabis licenses state regulators have issued were set to expire by May 1, which marks the four-month anniversary of the star