Recently (on March 22nd), our country celebrated forty years since the first and only Congressional Commission assessed policies regarding medical marijuana in California and elsewhere. The assessment was the result of requests to Congress to lighten up on the country’s law so that the use of small quantities and possession…
A cancer patient undergoing treatment at a Los Angeles hospital is being denied a liver transplant due to his use of medical marijuana in California. Our California medical marijuana lawyers are outraged, as are a number of patient advocates and marijuana rights groups. A number of news sources are reporting…
Supreme courts should stop allowing all dispensaries to operate, says Long Beach City Attorney Bob Shannon. He says that they should stop operating until an appeal to the Supreme Court is decided. He’s talking about the appeal to provide more guidelines to cities regarding the governing of medical marijuana in…
Los Angeles’ city attorney wants the council to create a “gentle ban” that would put medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles out of business. According to the Los Angeles Times, the city attorney and staff are asking council members to revoke the ordinance that is currently in place, which creates…
Our California medical marijuana attorneys have long supported patients who legally are able to purchase, carry and smoke marijuana for personal use. And while California’s voters 15 years ago approved marijuana for legal use, there have been no shortage of controversies and problems. As a recent article out of Canada…
The hits just keep coming for hard-working medical marijuana dispensaries in California, especially those in Riverside County where authorities have announced they are going to try to shut them down, The Desert Sun is reporting. Ever since California voters agreed to legalize marijuana some 15 years ago, it has been…
A common misconception is that medical marijuana in Los Angeles and elsewhere is used by undeserving individuals and leads to drug abuse. The truth is that medical marijuana is a much-needed treatment for roughly one million patients in the state. Despite what opponents of the drug say, the legalization of…
A West Hollywood medical marijuana dispensary was recently robbed at gunpoint. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was able to locate and arrest three men in a nearby city who they believe robbed this shop, according to KTLA. According to police reports, three men went to the Farmacy Medical Marijuana…
A California man has been fighting cancer for the last two years and is in need of a new liver. He’s been on the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s transplant list for about a year and was recently removed because he didn’t show up for a drug test. He’s a user of…
According to GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain, the medical marijuana industry should be regulated by each individual state, reports the SF Gate. Medical marijuana in Los Angeles abides by its own governing laws, which differ from many other city and county regulations statewide. The difference in these local laws and…