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WEEDMAPS: FROM TRAP-SHOP LISTINGS TO LICENSE-ONLY SHOPS 🗺️🔥 presented by ‪@nuggnotes‬ Founded in 2008 as “Yelp for weed,” Weedmaps became the map of maps—menus, reviews & locations one click away. By 2018 it was California’s default directory for flower, but when legalization hit, its refusal to drop unlicensed shops made it both outlaw billboard & industry villain. This is Weedmaps—the platform that went from fueling the trap to policing it. ⸻ 🧠 What You’ll Learn: • How Weedmaps grew into the #1 cannabis locator by 2018—listing any shop, no license required • Why the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) ordered it to delist trap shops in 2018 & how Weedmaps hid behind Section 230 • How by mid-2019, 60% of LA shops listed were unlicensed, with a UCBA audit showing 2,835 illicit operators vs 873 licensed • Why AB 97’s $30k-per-day fines in 2019 and pending class-action lawsuits put Weedmaps in the legal crosshairs • How the DOJ subpoena in September 2019 demanded records on thousands of shops & possible pay-to-play deals • Why the January 2020 purge—removing 2,700+ illicit listings overnight—marked the pivot to license-only • How the purge gave legal shops relief but left gaps where consumers still sought underground supply ⸻ 📦 from black market’s biggest megaphone → to license-only map. — 🪴 Follow ‪@nuggnotes‬ on IG, YouTube & X for cannabis history, policy deep dives & packaging lore. 💬 Was Weedmaps more villain for fueling the trap—or hero for connecting patients before licenses existed? #Weedmaps #TrapToLegal #CannabisHistory #CaliforniaCannabis ⸻ SOURCES California Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Cannabis Control. “Testing Laboratories.” bcc.ca.gov, 2018–2019. latimes.com California Department of Cannabis Control. Track-and-Trace System: 5 Steps. cannabis.ca.gov, 2022, PDF. Department of Cannabis Control California NORML. “California’s Unified Cannabis Law (MAUCRSA).” canorml.org, 2017–2024. County of Los Angeles, Department of Public Health. Licensing Medical Cannabis Businesses in Los Angeles County. 2019, PDF. FinCEN. BSA Expectations Regarding Marijuana-Related Businesses (FIN-2014-G001). U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, 14 Feb. 2014, PDF. FinCEN.gov FinCEN. Marijuana Banking Update (Data ending 31 March 2018). 12 Apr. 2018, PDF. FinCEN.gov “L.A. City Attorney Sues to Stop Speed Weed from Delivering Marijuana.” Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2016. latimes.com “L.A. City Attorney Shuts Down Second Pot Delivery Service.” Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2016. latimes.com Poston, Ben. “Medical Marijuana Delivery Services Are on a Roll.” Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2014. latimes.com People v. Urziceanu. 132 Cal. App. 4th 747. Ct. App. of Cal., 2005. Casetext. Studicata People v. Jackson. 210 Cal. App. 4th 525. Ct. App. of Cal., 2012. Casetext. vLex Serna, Joseph. “Weedmaps to State Regulator: Work with Us, Not Against Us.” Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2018. latimes.com Hussain, Suhauna, and James Queally. “Weedmaps Says It Will Ban Advertisements from Unlicensed Cannabis Sellers. Legal Sellers Applaud.” Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019. latimes.com Greenberg, Andy. “Weedmaps’ Grip on the High-Flying California Pot Market.” WIRED, 21 Jan. 2019. WIRED MJBizDaily Staff. “Weedmaps Will Stop Advertising Unlicensed Cannabis Retailers ‘Later This Year.’” MJBizDaily, 21 Aug. 2019. MJBizDaily Branfalt, T. G. “Weedmaps Removes 2,700 Unlicensed Dispensaries.” Ganjapreneur, 10 Jan. 2020. Ganjapreneur Eaze. “AB 97: New California Cannabis Enforcement.” eaze.com (blog), 2019. MJBizDaily Vives, Ruben. “City Attorney Launches Crackdown on Illegal Pot Shops in L.A.” Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2018. latimes.com Reyes, Emily Alpert, et al. “Black-Market Cannabis Shops Thrive in L.A. Even as City Legalizes.” Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2019. latimes.com Denton, Jack. “The Eruption of Illegal Weed Dispensaries in L.A. Is a Problem of the City’s Own Making.” Pacific Standard, 29 Oct. 2018. Pacific Standard LAist Staff. “How to Spot L.A.’s Many Illegal Pot Shops.” LAist, 7 Sept. 2018. LAist Queally, James. “Counterfeit Cannabis Products Stoke California’s Black Market.” Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2019. latimes.com “Driver Robbed While Delivering Marijuana in Sherman Heights.” 10News / KGTV, 18 June 2016. ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV “Dozens of Shut-Down Pot Shops Reopen under New Names.” CBS Los Angeles, 28 Apr. 2015. CBS News The Green Cross. Kevin Reed: A Trailblazer in Cannabis Advocacy. TheGreenCross.org, 2023, PDF. The Green Cross Graff, Amy. “The Green Cross: The First SF Neighborhood Shop to Sell Recreational Marijuana.” Hoodline, 23 Feb. 2018. Hoodline SFist Staff. “Legal Pot Turns 25: The Sticky Road from Medical Marijuana Raids to a $4 Billion Industry.” SFist, 5 Nov. 2021. SFist “Green Cross — San Francisco.” Time Out, 5 Feb. 2019. Time Out Worldwide Mendocino County Cannabis Dept. “METRC – Track and Trace.” mendocinocounty.gov, 2018–2025. mendocinocounty.gov