Medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and elsewhere have more to fear than the Drug Enforcement Agency. Now our local businesses can even be shut down by the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service has now made it procedure that these companies can no longer deduct the sales of marijuana from…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit was handed a lawsuit yesterday from a coalition of advocacy groups and patients. The suit demanded that the Obama Administration recognize and react to a petition, now 9-years-old, that would have marijuana rescheduled under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA).…
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office apprehended two suspects that were reportedly working with illegal marijuana cultivation operations in San Gabriel Valley. Authorities reportedly seized two caches of dried marijuana and plants that totaled nearly $3 million in street value, according to the Los Angeles Times. A…
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 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…
The Cannabis Doctors Network is currently streamlining efficacy, security, convenience and legality for patients who are qualified and are seeking to obtain a medical cannabis card in California. Our state currently hosts the most proactive laws to protect doctor recommended patients who are approved for the medical marijuana program, which…