A case was recently dropped against the longest-serving medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, and the owner publicly vowed to continue to cultivate marijuana in his own backyard for seriously ill HIV/AIDS patents. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office dropped a criminal case against the owner just days before…
Many government officials are contemplating new sources of tax revenue as they learn about the cash that could be collected from San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries. Currently, every other major Bay Area city enlists a gross-receipt tax on their medical marijuana dispensaries. Every California medical cannabis company pays 9.5 percent…
San Diego’s medical marijuana advocates collected thousands of signatures to have a say in the fate of new restrictions on pot clinics, according to Mercury News. Citizens for Patient Rights collected 46,000 signatures for the ballot initiative. The city only requires that 31,000 signatures be collected for an issue to…
Less than a week after two medical marijuana dispensaries in Whittier were raided by police, advocates plea to City Council to allow more than one legal facility. Those pleas were unanimously rejected. A new ordinance, recently approved by the council, will only allow one legal dispensary in the area, according…
We recently told you about police raids that put two Wittier medical marijuana dispensaries out of business. These raids reportedly used more aggression and force than those of Los Angeles County and the city of Pico Rivera, according to the Wittier Daily News. Instead of issuing a violation notice or…
An Orange County state senator is backing a new bill that would prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and elsewhere from operating near homes. The new bill would forbid a dispensary from opening within a 600 foot radius of any home or residential zone in the area. The bill…
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…
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 Los Angeles doctor has been recommending the use of marijuana to patients for nearly a decade now, according to India West. She recently launched a book, “A Comprehensive Guide to Medical Marijuana,” published to share her extensive knowledge in the field and about the medicinal treatment. The doctor covers…
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…