Articles Posted in California Marijuana Collectives

Proposition 215 was approved by California voters back in 1996. Under the Compassionate Use Act patients and caregivers who possess or cultivate medical marijuana in Los Angeles and elsewhere throughout California that has been recommended by a physician are exempt from criminal laws. Back in 2003, the state legislature enacted Senate Bill 420. The Medical…

Nearly 20 percent of drivers nationwide stopped randomly at night are under the influence of legal and illegal drugs, according to the Los Angeles Times. Half of these drivers are reportedly high on marijuana. Crash accident statistics report that there are approximately 1,000 injuries and deaths resulting from drivers that are high on marijuana in…

City Council will be repealing a number of restrictions that they’re trying to force on medical marijuana in San Diego. This attempt to enact these rules comes after a number of cities across the United States continue to increase enforcement and regulations on these medical marijuana storefront operators, according to the San Diego SignOn. Earlier…

The Golden Rain Foundation, a group of volunteers that govern a local residential retirement community, is putting their foot down on medical marijuana grow efforts of their community’s residents, according to TIME News Feed. There are approximately 150 residents in the community of 18,000 that have been recommended the use of medical marijuana in California.…

Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims alleges local collectives are illegal “money-making drug operations.” Five medical marijuana collectives in Fresno dispute the claims, according to AOL News. “The Board of Supervisors made it clear in December that instead of regulating [the collectives] they wanted to ban them all,” said attorney Brenda Linder of Fresno, a spokesman…

San Diego’s medical marijuana advocates collected thousands of signatures to have a say in the fate of new restrictions on pot clinics, according to Mercury News. Citizens for Patient Rights collected 46,000 signatures for the ballot initiative. The city only requires that 31,000 signatures be collected for an issue to proceed. The issue is a…

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and elsewhere have more to fear than the Drug Enforcement Agency. Now our local businesses can even be shut down by the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service has now made it procedure that these companies can no longer deduct the sales of marijuana from their federal taxes. They’re to…

Just as the San Diego City Council approves even more restrictions on medical marijuana collectives, two seemingly unrelated agencies hold the certification decision in their hands before these restrictions become law. The new ordinance, created by the city, will regulate the placement of medical marijuana storefronts. The ordinance must now be considered and approved by…

Call them late to this ill-conceived party at taxpayer’s expense, but don’t call them absent: San Jose city officials are seeking to crack down on pot clubs. Our San Jose medical marijuana collective attorneys urge marijuana businesses and patients to stand up for their rights. The CANNABIS LAW GROUP is representing more than a dozen…

Planning commission documents from San Bernardino outline the fight for medical marijuana rights dating back more than a decade. As our San Bernardino marijuana dispensary lawyers frequently report, it is those businesses and patients that stand and fight for their rights against the unlawful encroachment of the government who have the best chance of prevailing…