Advocates of medical marijuana hope to create a system that licenses, regulates and taxes California medical marijuana dispensaries and collectives as a way of making peace with federal authorities, who seek to shut them down, The Associated Press reports. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers think it’s unfortunate that small…
The Press Democrat reports that the Obama administration’s recent crackdown on marijuana businesses has led to the shut down of the state’s oldest medical marijuana dispensary in Marin, which is north of San Francisco. The newspaper also reports that a major marijuana collective that cultivated, harvested and packaged marijuana for…
Several news articles have reported that the recent federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and statewide has led to record profits as prices soar. This certainly isn’t positive for the users with medical problems who seek this treatment, but it is for the business owners who are…
In what appears to have been a 360-degree turn in the government’s stance on dealings with medical marijuana dispensary owners, Attorney General Eric Holder recently testified that prosecuting these business owners is a “low priority.” A Colorado politician recently grilled Holder on the Judiciary Committee about medical marijuana and a…
A recently introduced plan could result in a ban on all medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. The ban was introduced by Councilman Jose Huizar. He says that the state appellate court ruling that was made last month involving the city of Long Beach said the government could not enforce…
Medical marijuana dispensaries in Garden Grove were banned roughly three years ago, but the ban didn’t go as planned. With a number of lawsuits that began stacking up, officials worried that the city would not have the necessary funds available to pay any costs associated with the laws, including attorneys’…
Advocates recently gathered in front of the U.S. courthouse in Sacramento in protest of the federal crackdown on the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles and elsewhere. These medical marijuana advocates believe that this crackdown is a direct assault on “responsible corporate citizens” who contribute their earnings to state tax…
Another medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Ana has been ordered to shut down after sheriff deputies barged in last month with a search warrant, according to The Orange County Register. Santa Ana Superior Care has been closed because, as sheriff’s investigator Howard J. McCulloch says, the dispensary sold marijuana to…
A recent fire took destroyed a growers full supply of medical marijuana in Northern Hollywood. Officers are still investigating the incident, according to the Hollywood LAist. As of the last reports, officers were also still looking for the owner of that operation. The fire happened shortly after 12:30 a.m. The…
The Rand Corp has removed a study from its website just weeks after the published report found less crime in areas around pot clinics and an increase in crime when medical marijuana dispensaries were forced to close. As our L.A. marijuana dispensary defense attorneys recently reported, the Rand Corp. published…