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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

 

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Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

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PolitiFact Investigates Regulations On Advertising For Cannabis Businesses, Claims About Voter Suppression And More

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 | Sacramento, CA
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This Feb. 1, 2011 file photo shows medical marijuana clone plants at a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif.

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Driving around California, you might have noticed a new roadside feature: billboards for cannabis dispensaries and delivery services. The decriminalization of cannabis last year included regulations around how adults can buy and consume weed in the Golden State, but how about the way it’s sold?

PolitiFact California reporting intern Sami Soto’s latest article explores the rules around advertising for the substance, which is subject to different guidelines than other substances, like tobacco and alcohol.

PolitiFact California Reporter Chris Nichols joins Insight to discuss the article, including an explanation of the rules around all those billboards, like where they can be placed and what they’re allowed to include. He’ll also discuss the state requirements for print and radio ads, as well as the controversy around what some critics call a double standard between cannabis and tobacco products.

Chris Nichols will also share recent reporting from the national stage on two California-based presidential hopefuls in the run up to the 2020 election. PolitiFact evaluated Sen. Kamala Harris’ claim that Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum both lost in the midterm elections due to voter suppression. And in a new collaboration with Kaiser Health News, PolitiFact evaluated Rep. Eric Swalwell’s assertion that Georgia’s strict “heartbeat law” outlaws abortion before most women know they’re pregnant.

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    Pot 101 Update: What Are The Rules For Advertising Recreational Marijuana In California?

    Thursday, May 9, 2019
    Billboards with colorful advertisements for recreational marijuana are popping up across the state. What are the limits on promoting marijuana and how do they differ from rules on tobacco ads?
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    Pot 101 Update: What Are The Laws Surrounding Second-Hand Marijuana Smoke?

    Thursday, December 20, 2018
    Is it legal to smoke marijuana at your home despite complaints from neighbors about the drifting smoke?
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    Pot 101 Update: Are There Limits On Smoking Pot At Home Near Kids? Where Else Is It Legal To Smoke?

    Tuesday, July 17, 2018
    Are there limits on smoking pot at home around kids? Where else can you legally light up? PolitiFact California tackles these reader questions in an update on our Pot 101 report about what’s legal and what’s not under the state’s marijuana law.
  • Pot 101: Facts You Should Know About California’s Legal Marijuana

    Friday, January 5, 2018
    Although recreational marijuana sales became legal in California at the start of the new year, it still remains illegal on the federal level.

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