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…
As CNN Money reported, the medical marijuana millionaires are conspicuously absent from the economic landscape of the 21st century. Despite it being a multi-billion industry, abuses by state regulators and local politicians can cripple or kill a dispensary. And, as we reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, the IRS can…
The San Francisco Weekly reports President Obama recently addressed the issue of marijuana legalization. Sort of. As our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense attorneys reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration was in favor of a crackdown had California’s marijuana legalization effort become…
You can rest a little easier this week after our fearless sheriff reported seizing cereal and candy bars laced with marijuana, the Los Angeles Times reported. As our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary lawyers reported recently on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, the Los Angeles County Sheriff blamed the dispensaries for being…
OOPS! Comic Ralphie May was detained on a flight from Los Angeles to Guam after petting a pair of drug dogs at a custom’s checkpoint while carrying medical marijuana in his bag, AHN reported. Okay, it’s funny. And the incident was made laughable by the mild mannered Guam authorities, who…
The fight over Long Beach’s marijuana law is heating up as collectives and patients have lined up to sue the city, according to the Contra Costa Times. Our Long Beach marijuana dispensary lawyers and Los Angeles marijuana collective attorneys are representing more than a dozen legal marijuana businesses in Los…
A story in the Los Angeles Times illustrates the dangers farmers face in growing and harvesting medical marijuana in California. While the media so often focuses on the debate surrounding the marijuana collectives and the retail side of the industry, our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers understand the problems…
Possessing up to an ounce of marijuana in California has been reduced from a misdemeanor to an infraction and is now no more serious than getting a speeding ticket, the Associated Press reported. Our Los Angeles marijuana defense attorneys recently reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog that the legislature passed…
The California General Assembly voted 43-33 along party lines to decriminalize marijuana possession on Tuesday. Our Los Angeles marijuana defense attorneys applaud the move; we just hope local municipalities have the good sense to not spend their time throwing up additional laws, ordinances and other needless roadblocks. Current California law…