With the federal government barreling forward in its efforts to shut down nearly every medical marijuana dispensary in California, it’s now taking on one that has been billed as the world’s largest. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers understand prosecutors are now after Harborside in Oakland, which reportedly serves some…
The three officials embroiled in a votes-for-cash scandal involving the opening of a marijuana dispensary in a Los Angeles suburb have agreed to guilty pleas on charges of extortion and bribery. Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that each of the three former officials from Cudahy face the possibility of a…
Marijuana dispensaries aren’t the only entities grappling with the federal crackdown of medical cannabis in California. Municipalities, like Imperial Beach, are wrestling with whether regulation of dispensaries – which they view as a necessity – is going to put them at odds with federal government, and possibly even expose local…
A bill that would have created a state-wide regulatory agency for medicinal marijuana has been tabled – for now. As our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand it, AB2312 is being put on the back burner until next year, as Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano sought to save it from being killed…
The issue of municipal regulation of medical marijuana in California is set to be heard by the state’s Supreme Court in the coming months. Pack v. City of Long Beach is the case, and our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers, like almost everyone, understand that this case is going to be…
Our Los Angeles marijuana criminal defense lawyers have heard the many arguments made by anti-pot law enforcement agencies, purporting that the mere presence of medical marijuana breeds crime. As we recently reported in our Los Angeles Marijuana Lawyers’ Blog, we know the statistics simply don’t bear out that theory. However,…
Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know our clients have been battling an image problem for years, with countless politicians painting them as criminals. The truth, however, is that medical marijuana dispensaries in California are providing an invaluable – and legal – service to the ill and infirm. And as it turns…
City officials in the Los Angeles area are trying a new approach to shut down legal marijuana dispensaries: Gouge them in fines. As our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand it, officials in Upland are mulling an administrative policy that would impose a fine to a marijuana dispensary for every day…
Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers have been following the developments out of northern California, where the city of San Leandro has issued a one-year ban on pot clinics. This disappointing news comes as the City of Los Angeles is still weighing whether to issue a ban on medical marijuana here…
It may come as no surprise that Tommy Chong – of the infamous Cheech and Chong duo – has come out as a strong advocate in support of legalizing marijuana in California. However, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know it’s not simply for his notoriously excessive recreational use. According to…