Cheech Marin touts state tool for California pot businesses
LOS ANGELES — Comedian and legendary stoner Cheech Marin doesn’t want your pot business to go up in smoke.
That’s why he’s in a new public service announcement publicizing a California Secretary of State website for budding marijuana entrepreneurs.
California on Friday began accepting applications from businesses that want to operate in the state’s legal recreational marijuana industry next year. An online system will allow retailers, distributors and testing labs to seek state licenses, which are required to conduct business.
In the PSA, Marin sits behind a computer at the Secretary of State’s office and urges a would-be cannabis business owner to register and obtain information through the state website cannabizfile.