## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/074h-6dc681e8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) September 14 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/075c-ac0119b8.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33372-the-greater-israel-delusion-may-undo-israel) ### [The Greater Israel Delusion May Undo Israel](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33372-the-greater-israel-delusion-may-undo-israel) September 17 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/075h-9fb2fd6c.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33365-sherwood-forest-when-an-adu-becomes-an-apartment-complex) ### [Sherwood Forest. 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Written by Jill Richardson on December 05 2019. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18956-is-marijuana-a-gateway-drug) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/098a-b5d7980f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18942-cannabis-oil-the-effects-on-the-brain)Written by Joseph Collins on December 05 2019. Posted in [420 FILE ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file). ## [Cannabis Oil: The Effects On the Brain](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18942-cannabis-oil-the-effects-on-the-brain) With 33 states having laws about legalising medical marijuana and another large handful with recreational legalization, it’s hard to be completely un… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/85/093a-859f39e9.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18850-we-won-t-lie-this-is-huge)### [We Won’t Lie, This is HUGE.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18850-we-won-t-lie-this-is-huge) Written by Erik Attieri on November 18 2019. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/089d-80359b44.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18763-here-s-why-there-are-so-few-legal-cannabis-stores-in-los-angeles)### [Here’s Why There are So Few Legal Cannabis Stores in Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18763-here-s-why-there-are-so-few-legal-cannabis-stores-in-los-angeles) Written by David Downs on November 04 2019. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/061z-52545e4f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18150-learn-about-the-cannabis-biz-check-out-the-420-college)### [Learn About the Cannabis Biz, Check Out the 420 College](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/18150-learn-about-the-cannabis-biz-check-out-the-420-college) Written by NORML.com on July 29 2019. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/af/035z3-af7cc7ac.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/17570-cannabis-leads-to-the-munchies-but-not-to-bigger-bellies)### [Cannabis Leads to the Munchies but Not to Bigger Bellies](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/17570-cannabis-leads-to-the-munchies-but-not-to-bigger-bellies) Written by Tom Jacobs on April 29 2019. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/034z1-9bc34d7e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/17550-california-allow-qualified-patients-medical-cannabis-access-in-healthcare-facilities)### [California: Allow Qualified Patients Medical Cannabis Access in Healthcare Facilities](https://mail.citywatchla.com/spotlight/the-420-file/17550-california-allow-qualified-patients-medical-cannabis-access-in-healthcare-facilities) Written by CA NORML on April 25 2019. 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