News Analysis China is closely watching the increasing debate on the federal decriminalization of marijuana in the United States and the rapid growth in its market as it provides an overarching business opportunity. However, experts say that unlike other international players in the U.S. marijuana market, the Chinese regime can bring in national security threats,…

LANCASTER—Law enforcement authorities cleared numerous illegal marijuana grow locations in the Antelope Valley June 8 in what the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deemed “the largest operation ever to take place in the history of LASD.” By late morning, the sheriff’s department reported that authorities have made “several arrests” and expected to recover “several thousand…

Elected officials in California are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to address the state’s illegal marijuana growing operations. In a May 11 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the lawmakers said the abundance of marijuana grow operations in the state make the surrounding areas “untenable” and “dangerous for the residents in the surrounding neighborhoods.” “We have heard from our constituents of heinous incidents…