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    California launches probe of cannabis licensing to 'clean house' of corruption

    LOS ANGELES — Corruption in California's cannabis industry has become widespread and brazen. There have been pay-to-play schemes, including a demand for cash in a brown paper bag for a pot license, threats of violence against local officials, and city council members accepting money from cannabis businesses even as they regulated them. Those problems and more were uncovered by a sweeping Los ...
    by Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times Mar 23, 2023 3 minutes
    An audit approved Wednesday by California lawmakers seeks to root out bribery, conflicts of interest and other corruption in cannabis licensing.

    LOS ANGELES — Corruption in California's cannabis industry has become widespread and brazen.

    There have been pay-to-play schemes, including a demand for cash in a brown paper bag for a pot license, threats of violence against local officials, and city council members accepting money from cannabis businesses even as they regulated them.

    Those problems and more were uncovered by a sweeping last year. Now state officials are launching an audit aimed at curtailing bribery,

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