Articles Posted in California Marijuana Collectives

According to a recent news feature form CBS Money Watch, while it was once considered a “niche” business for those cultivating medical marijuana, experts now predict that the medical marijuana industry will bring in between $24 billion and $44 billion by the year 2020. This is as a result of the fact that more than half the states in the county and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Some states have legalized marijuana for recreational purposes.

These predictions come from a few different sources. For example, the Marijuana Business Fact Book has estimated the number at $44 billion. To put this number in context, if the marijuana industry was able to bring in this amount of money, it will equal of the proceeds of major international corporations listed on Forbes 500.
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We are in the midst of one of the most heated primary contests in U.S. history. We have seen protesters shutting down Donald Trump rallies, and even tension between the supporters of the respective Democratic candidates. While it seems like nobody is willing to agree on anything this year, according to a recent news feature from attn, all of the presidential candidates seem to be okay with marijuana legalization. This is very important for the industry and the patients.

whiThe reason this is such as important issues is because even though more than half the county has legalized either medical marijuana or recreational marijuana, it is still a federal crime to possess any amount of marijuana.
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According to a recent news article from the Los Angeles Times, a California landowner have been assessed $100,000 in fines for a water violation on a marijuana farm. The farmer did not run the grow operation, but he did lease his land to the cultivators to use to produce the marijuana plants.

Specifically, officials from the regional water quality board alleged that around 2.25 acres of the land was cleared in an illegal manner to make room to grow marijuana. Due to the way in which the land was cleared, officials had said around 430 cubic meters of soil was pushed into a nearby natural waterway. This in turn affected the flow of a waterway, which is a violation commonly assessed to those growing marijuana.
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There is no question that medical marijuana can be big business. There is of a lot of money to be made for those already in the industry and those still looking to get involved. However, while it can be very profitable, most of these medical marijuana grow operations and dispensaries in areas like Los Angeles and Orange County are technically registered as not-for-profit entities such as medical marijuana collectives.

The reason for this is because when the 1996 Compassionate Use Act legalized medical marijuana in California, it required all businesses to be for treatment only, and they could not earn a profit. While on the one hand it sounds good to be a non-profit organization, those involved in the medical cannabis business were obviously not eligible for Federal 501 (C)(3) status, so they have to pay federal taxes. They also have to pay state taxes.
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As more of the American public is willing to vocally support legalization for medical marijuana, it seems only a matter of time before it is legal throughout the nation. Currently, roughly half of the states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana, and some of those jurisdictions have legalized recreational marijuana. Until recently, Pennsylvania was among those states voicing fierce opposition to the legalization of medical cannabis.

However, according to a recent news feature from ABC News, the state house has just voted to allow medical marijuana. The state senate must still still pass the bill, but there is not expected to be much resistance. This is especially true since legislators tried to get the house to pass a similar bill last year but were not successful.
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Many of us are familiar with the story of Cyndimae Meehan, a girl who suffered from a form of epilepsy that affects children and typically starts around 10 months of age. Her medical condition, known as Dravet syndrome, is very rare.

The reason Meehan’s case was so noteworthy and captured the public’s attention is that her parents tried every medicine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and none of them worked. Some of them were so useless that she would have a violent seizure less than an hour after taking the anti-seizure medications.
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For the most part, medical marijuana is grown in local dispensaries and the products are made in local laboratories. There are lot of reasons for this, but one of the most important is that it is generally illegal to transport medical marijuana across state lines. This typically included even flying over state lines in an aircraft which largely prevents medical marijuana from shipped.

While many like the local and even small business aspect of the medical marijuana industry, big pharmaceutical companies do not want to be cut of the equation if they see an opportunity to make a lot of money. At the end of the day, most drug makers care far more about making money than they do about helping patients get the medicine they deserve.
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According to a recent news feature from RT, Santa Ana Police Department officers were conducting a raid of a medical cannabis dispensary in Orange County, and the security camera footage of the incident allegedly showed them eating medical cannabis edibles. Authorities say the officers will be charged in connection with this alleged misconduct.

The officers are being charged with vandalism and theft, as they are accused of entering the store after breaking in the door. They are then accused of having used crowbars to destroy all of the security cameras; however, as is now obvious, they missed at least one camera. While the officers can be seen eating what appears to be candy that was in the dispensary, defense attorneys claim that there was no cannabis in that candy, and it was simply ordinary candy for the dispensary staff to eat.
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Medical marijuana is legal in the State of California and medical marijuana dispensaries are legal in many counties and cities throughout the state. However, even if it is legal to have a medical cannabis dispensary in a particular city or country, the operator must still get proper licenses and must also comply all zoning regulations.

Zoning regulations are often overlooked by those wanting to open a medical marijuana dispensary, and that mistake can come at a tremendous cost to the owner and can result in the business being shut down and the owner fined a lot of money.
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