The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit was handed a lawsuit yesterday from a coalition of advocacy groups and patients. The suit demanded that the Obama Administration recognize and react to a petition, now 9-years-old, that would have marijuana rescheduled under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA).…
A case was thrown out earlier this week in Colorado that aimed to convict a medical marijuana doctor in Colorado with writing faulty marijuana recommendations. He was one of the first known doctors in Colorado in the industry. The doctor was facing charges of forgery, attempt to influence a public…
Last year, San Jose voters passed Measure U. This bill now allows the city to tax marijuana businesses up to 10 percent. According to the official description of the measure, revenues fund so-called essential city services such as emergency response, street maintenance, police, fire, pothole repair and other programs, according…
The Cannabis Doctors Network is currently streamlining efficacy, security, convenience and legality for patients who are qualified and are seeking to obtain a medical cannabis card in California. Our state currently hosts the most proactive laws to protect doctor recommended patients who are approved for the medical marijuana program, which…
It’s about that time for another round of the costly, drawn-out legal brawl over how to control medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. Two new lawsuits are stepping up to join the fight and continue to challenge the city’s latest ordinance. Both filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court…
A storefront pot doctor that lures patients with barkers was raided and shut down last week, according to the Los Angeles Times. The eye-catching, only-in-California feature was forced to close up shop when the state medical board and law enforcement officers raided three locations linked to Medical Kush Doctor. Officials…
As CNN Money reported, the medical marijuana millionaires are conspicuously absent from the economic landscape of the 21st century. Despite it being a multi-billion industry, abuses by state regulators and local politicians can cripple or kill a dispensary. And, as we reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, the IRS can…
California’s second-largest city is looking to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, the Mercury News reported. As our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers continue to report on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, far too many cities are establishing laws that ignore the rights of marijuana collectives, dispensaries and patients under state law.…
Medical marijuana being grown in the U.S. has done little to slow the appetite for Mexican marijuana, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle. Our medical marijuana defense lawyers in San Bernardino and Orange counties continue to report on the struggles faced by the legitimate marijuana trade in…
Marijuana legalization advocates are already plotting their next fight in the wake of last fall’s defeat of Proposition 19, according to the Los Angeles Times. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers are committed to fighting for the rights of patients, dispensaries and collectives throughout Southern California. Those medical marijuana…