Emerald Triangle

Emerald Triangle
Region of California
Map of the Emerald Triangle
Coordinates: 40°00′N 123°30′W / 40.0°N 123.5°W / 40.0; -123.5
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Mendocino County, Humboldt County, Trinity County
Largest city	Eureka
Area
• Land	10,253.58 sq mi (26,556.7 km2)
Population  (April 1, 2010)[1]
• Total	236,250
• Estimate  (2019)[2]	234,592
• Density	23/sq mi (9/km2)

The Emerald Triangle is a region in Northern California, named as such due to it being the largest cannabis-producing region in the United States. The region includes three counties in an upside-down triangular configuration:

• Humboldt County, on the coast
• Trinity County, inland
• Mendocino County, to the south

Growers have been cultivating Cannabis plants in this region since the 1960s, during San Francisco's Summer of Love. Growing cannabis in the Emerald Triangle is considered a way of life, and the locals believe that everyone living in this region is either directly or indirectly reliant on the cannabis industry.^[3] The industry exploded in the region with the passage of California Proposition 215 (1996), which legalized the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes in California.^[4] The passage of Proposition 64 in 2016 legalized the general sale and distribution of cannabis.