According to a recent news article form Review Journal, a Las Vegas jury has just acquitted a medical marijuana patient of the felony drug charges prosecutors pressed. This case, including the trial itself, has garnered a substantial amount of national attention due the fact the general public does not support…
With an increasing number of states de-criminalizing or even legalizing possession and sale of marijuana for personal use, a number of courts have been asked to decide whether prior convictions for these offenses can be erased. Most recently, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled 7-0 that people convicted of possessing small…
Authorities in Alaska launched a raid on the Alaska Cannabis Club, owned and operated by a former television anchor who resigned on air after announcing she would be devoting herself to marijuana legalization advocacy. A search warrant produced by authorities prior to the raid indicated they were looking for evidence…
California state lawmakers will be mulling a myriad of issues related to marijuana in the coming months. In all, there are approximately 20 bills that address the drug in some form or another. Those measures were all filed before the deadline for the introduction of new laws in February. They…
Washington, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier recently spoke out against the legal framework under which officers have been forced to target marijuana consumers in recent years. She decried the system of prohibition for the way it eroded police-community relations, and said the only thing those arrests accomplish is “making people…
Sheriff offices in Colorado and the neighboring states of Nebraska and Kansas have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to do away with Amendment 64, the measure that legalized the sale of recreational marijuana, and also to shutter the state’s hundreds of licensed marijuana sellers. The complaint asserts the…
Florida is among the handful of states that have yet to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. And yet, a man who was caught growing some 50 plants at his private residence has been acquitted of marijuana manufacture – a third-degree felony in that state, garnering a maximum five years in…
State and federal law enforcement officials are always on the lookout for illegal drug activity. This includes illegal possession, distribution, and trafficking of marijuana. In the state of California, where medical marijuana has been legalized, illegal grow operations, the black market, and thousands of recreational users make the state ripe…
Earlier this year, the California Narcotic Officers’ Association left little doubt as to their position on the legalization of marijuana with a training manual entitled, “Marijuana is NOT Medicine.” So perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that in its most recent quarterly newsletter detailing marijuana case law, it is educating officers…
In the ever-changing world of medicinal marijuana legislation, it is important to follow all court decisions closely. The People v. Reece J. Clark, a recent case from the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District, involved a defendant who pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and…