The city of Riverside will now continue in its quest to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries within its district, following an appellate court decision that upheld the city’s authority to do so. Los Angeles marijuana lawyers are concerned about the precedence this sets with regard to other cases. However, conflicting…
President Barack Obama, in a recent interview with Barbara Walters of ABC News, said that he would not make targeting users of legalized marijuana in Washington and Colorado a priority in his administration. However, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that it’s what he didn’t say that could prove to…
With two conflicting marijuana dispensary ballot initiatives preparing to square off in the Los Angeles election in May, the majority of voters in the city have indicated that they support the industry as a whole. That’s according to a study conducted by the Loyola Marymont University, which surveyed voters as…
A parent’s use of medical marijuana does not put a child at risk and is not considered child abuse, according to recent ruling by the California Court of Appeals. Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand the court overturned a lower court’s ruling against the Irvine father, who had been mandated to…
Even if the legal battles we are fighting over the right to lawfully use and dispense marijuana are new, the plant itself – and its relevance in America – is not. In fact, a recent story by the Associated Press chronicles the history of the plant in this country dating…
Washington has now officially become the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Colorado will soon follow. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know, however, that there is a great deal of trepidation in these states about how the laws will be carried out without drawing the ire of the…
The Los Angeles planning commission is eager to get some regulation on the books with regard to medical marijuana, and have approved a move that would force most dispensaries in the city to close. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers understand that the commission’s plan calls for the closure of…
The scientific study of medical marijuana in California just got a boost with the announcement of a public university’s founding of a new academic institute dedicated solely to this end. Los Angeles medical marijuana attorneys understand that Humboldt University, in northern California’s renowned Emerald Triangle, has launched a research institute…
Federal investigators are attempting to strong-arm officials in the northern California county of Mendocino, where a now-defunct program had allowed certain growers to cultivate as many as 99 plants at a time. Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers understand that the program had been quite successful in the county, netting an…
It might seem from the outside that the medical marijuana industry in California would not be the most attractive investment these days – with the wildly conflicting court rulings, federal crackdowns and near daily battles with local government. Still, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know it’s an area to which…