Medical marijuana dispensaries in Garden Grove were banned roughly three years ago, but the ban didn’t go as planned. With a number of lawsuits that began stacking up, officials worried that the city would not have the necessary funds available to pay any costs associated with the laws, including attorneys’…
A recent move by the state appellate court upheld the citywide ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in Riverside, according to The Press-Enterprise. The court believed that there was nothing listed in Legislature’s Medical Marijuana Program or in California’s Compassionate Use Act, or Proposition 215, which was passed back in 1996,…
The tentative opinion of the Fourth District Court of Appeals in the case of the City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness is unfortunately not favoring the Riverside medical marijuana dispensary. The dispensary appealed a trial court finding, which upheld the city’s right to shut down the…
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that allows all local governments to regulate the locations of medical marijuana dispensaries in California. The bill, AB 1300, was first introduced by Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield (D-Woodland Hills). It was also supported by the Los Angeles city attorney, according to NBC. This…
Retail dispensaries in Michigan took a hard hit late last month after a state appeals court concluded that their operations were illegal and they were to shut down immediately, according to the Detroit Free Press. Retail dispensaries make up a large part of the state’s thriving medical marijuana economy. This…
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office recently obtained a court order to shut down operations at a medical marijuana dispensary in North Hollywood. Under the shutdown, the owner of the company was ordered to pay more than $35,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs earlier this week, according to the Studio…
Nearly 30 medical marijuana dispensaries in San Bernardino county have just a short time before they’re shut down my county officials. Back in May, a land-use regulation was enacted by county supervisors allowing Code Enforcement officials to begin their 13-step compliance process against 26 dispensaries. Under this compliance process, dispensaries…
Operators and supporters of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and elsewhere are having a difficult time doing business with their local banks. A number of banks have turned away these companies because they risk falling afoul of anti-money-laundering and drug-trafficking laws, according to International Business Times. The co-owner of…
Medical marijuana was legalized by California fifteen years ago. Still, to this day, lawmakers are trying to regulate and tax the billion-dollar industry as medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and elsewhere throughout the state continue to fight for survival. Recently, lawmakers made a number of attempts to regulate the…
It’s no secret that cities are having a tough time regulating dispensaries, especially our medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. It’s also no surprise that after a number of lawsuits challenging these city crackdowns, a new state law has turned up aiming to allow municipalities to put their foot down…