According to a recent news article from the Fresno Bee, a California State Senate bill (SB-94) has just passed and become law after it was signed by Governor Jerry Brown. This law was a big deal, as it combined the regulation of medical marijuana and recreational marijuana into a single…
In 2015, a bill was first introduced that was designed to allow states to have legal medical marijuana or even recreational marijuana without any fear that the federal government would step in and enforce existing federal drug laws. This is important, because marijuana is still a Schedule One controlled substance…
In a predictable, but utterly absurd, effort to crack down on medical marijuana in states where it is legal, Attorney General Jeff Sessions III, is claiming that marijuana has no medical uses and is a major reason for what he calls the historic drug epidemic he sees us in. Currently, Sessions…
Medical cannabis sales are already big business in California. With the recreational use of marijuana soon being legal in California, it is expected that the marijuana industry in our state could grow by tenfold into a multibillion dollar industry. Those in the marijuana industry have pushed for the sale of…
A 58-year-old woman who was raised in the Catholic faith is now the proprietor of a medical marijuana business known as Sisters of the Valley. Last year alone, the company raked in around $750,000 in gross sales receipts according to a recent news article from Business Insider. While this is…
Medical marijuana grow operations in California can take various forms. In some cases, we are dealing with large outdoor grow operations that are similar to any other farms. In other cases, we are dealing with smaller indoor hydroponic grow operations. These grow operations can produce very high quality strains of…
In the recent National Football League (NFL) draft, we heard a lot of stories about the draft position of at least one highly ranked collegiate athlete was sliding because of a failed drug test. However, it should be noted that he did not actually test positive for marijuana. Rather, he tested…
When medical marijuana first became legalized in California around 20 years ago, most people either smoked marijuana, or they would make some basic edibles with THC oil. There were no vaporizers being sold in many stores throughout the city, nor were there any bottles of THC infused hand cream to…
One of the biggest public health crises facing the nation is the problem of opioid addition. This problem only appears to be getting worse. Not only are more and more people becoming addicted to opioids, whether we are talking about prescription painkillers or heroin, more people are dying from these…
When medical marijuana was first legalized in California more than two decades ago, the state was not heavily involved in the regulation process. While anyone in the state could use medical marijuana if they had a valid doctor’s recommendation for the use of medical cannabis, it was up the counties…