A case was thrown out earlier this week in Colorado that aimed to convict a medical marijuana doctor in Colorado with writing faulty marijuana recommendations. He was one of the first known doctors in Colorado in the industry. The doctor was facing charges of forgery, attempt to influence a public…
As Los Angeles continues to force marijuana dispensaries out of business, the city claimed a quick victory earlier this month in a lawsuit forcing a dispensary to shut its doors, according to L.A. Now. The decision to force the company out of business came after the city’s attorneys forced the…
Last year, San Jose voters passed Measure U. This bill now allows the city to tax marijuana businesses up to 10 percent. According to the official description of the measure, revenues fund so-called essential city services such as emergency response, street maintenance, police, fire, pothole repair and other programs, according…
The U.S. government is being accused of civil rights violations by two medical marijuana providers in what may be the first lawsuit of its kind, according to the Associated Press. The accusations come after a federal crackdown on marijuana operations in Los Angeles and across the nation. As we previously…
A Los Angeles doctor has been recommending the use of marijuana to patients for nearly a decade now, according to India West. She recently launched a book, “A Comprehensive Guide to Medical Marijuana,” published to share her extensive knowledge in the field and about the medicinal treatment. The doctor covers…
A number of defendants have been facing charges after a medical marijuana dispensary raid back in 2007. The manager of that dispensary was sentenced to more than three years in prison, according to an Online Medical Marijuana Resource. The 38-year-old manager of Nature’s Medicinal Inc. pleaded guilty back in January…
This past week, six medical marijuana dispensaries in California filed separate legal challenges to the Los Angeles ordinance that uses a random drawing to select 100 pot stores that would be allowed to continue their operations. At least eight lawsuits are currently seeking to completely toss out the law, according…
Medical-marijuana companys’ pipe-dreams may have come true as they look to private investors and planning public stock sales to help expand their companies. A seed supplier, in Colorado, is raising $500,000 in a private financing round. A California company, GrowOp Technology Ltd. raised $1 million privately, with plans to launch…
It’s about that time for another round of the costly, drawn-out legal brawl over how to control medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. Two new lawsuits are stepping up to join the fight and continue to challenge the city’s latest ordinance. Both filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court…
A storefront pot doctor that lures patients with barkers was raided and shut down last week, according to the Los Angeles Times. The eye-catching, only-in-California feature was forced to close up shop when the state medical board and law enforcement officers raided three locations linked to Medical Kush Doctor. Officials…