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As the industry for cannabis changes and become more regulated, California State Assembly requires any licensed cannabis business in California to provide a Cal/OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Safety course to one supervisor and one employee. This certificate will enable cannabis industry-specific safety awareness to help in recognizing and reducing the risks of workplace injury. This course emphasizes hazard awareness, avoidance, control & prevention.

February 12th, 2026 | Written by CalNORML Asm. Patrick Ahrens (D-Silicon Valley) has introduced a bill, AB 1564 , to allow for the shipment of certain medical products from specified cannabis license holders directly to patients. Ahrens’s attempt at the bill last year, AB 1332 , passed unanimously in the Senate and Assembly last year; however  Gov. Newsom vetoed it . “While I appreciate the author’s goal of expanding patient access to medical cannabis, the proposed direct-shi