A popular argument by anti-marijuana advocates is that legalization of the drug for medicinal purposes poses a significant danger to our youth, and particularly to teenagers. The theory goes that legal accessibility for ailing adults will translate to easy illicit accessibility for teens. It’s been the basis upon which both…
A new report by Americans for Safe Access indicates that the federal war on medical marijuana has cost this country almost half a billion dollars. Just during the Obama administration and solely in states that have legalized medicinal marijuana, the federal government has spent some $300 million on enforcement. By…
It doesn’t matter that you live in a state where medical marijuana is legal. It doesn’t matter that the president of the United States has vowed not to go after you. It doesn’t matter that you are abiding by the rules of the state. If you cultivate, possess or distribute…
Dr. Daniela Drake of Los Angeles concedes she is an unlikely marijuana advocate. In her recent editorial published in the The Daily Beast, Drake recalls how she had always judged the drug and its users rather harshly. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that part of what began to alter…
A new article published this month in the journal Nature Review Neuroscience leads with some powerful words for anti-marijuana advocates from some of the world’s top scientists. The scientists say that drug prohibition hampering scientific study is the worst case of scientific censorship since the Catholic church banned the works…
A law that would have clarified marijuana regulations in California has been rejected in the state Assembly, by a razor-thin vote of 35-37. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that this means AB 473, drafted by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, will not move forward to the state senate this session. If…
A firestorm was kicked up several weeks ago when it was revealed that the Internal Revenue Service was systematically targeting conservative groups, particularly those affiliated with the tea party. However, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that the tea party isn’t alone. Specifically, the IRS has been homing in on…
More than a decade ago, U.C.L.A. drug policy expert Mark Kleinman was interviewed by The New York Times to discuss in-depth his reasoning why marijuana legalization was a poor idea. While the removal of penalties for small amounts of possession, cultivation and use made sense, he said, he wasn’t in…
California senators are trying to solidify the rights of both marijuana dispensaries and patients who are acting legally under state law. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that Senate Bill 439 recently passed in the state senate, moving now to the Assembly and, hopefully, on to the governor. SB 439…
A medical marijuana patient recently won a state Supreme Court appeal in Michigan, where the high court ruled that patients should be given special exception under the strict law that forbids operation of a vehicle with any amount of THC in the driver’s system. Our Los Angeles marijuana DUI defense…