• Garcia, who died in 1995 at age 53, was born in San Francisco and founded the band there in the 1960s.
• More than two decades after his death, California legalized recreational marijuana, a policy decision the hard-partying musician would have certainly endorsed.
• “This was a hard decision for them, they love California,” cannabis industry expert Andrew DeAngelo told the outlet. “They were born and bred here. This is very painful for them, I guarantee that.”

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