Articles Posted in California Marijuana Collectives

In a detailed analysis of the challenges facing the medical marijuana industry in Southern California as we enter 2011, the Press Enterprise rightly deduces that it will take the courts to decide many of the issues surrounding the rights of medical marijuana growers, collectives, dispensaries and patients. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers represent…

With each passing year, more states embrace marijuana as a legitimate medical treatment. Acceptance grows. Tolerance grows. Case law grows. And the ability of legitimate marijuana businesses to defend themselves against the overzealous encroachments of politicians and law enforcement grows stronger. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers read with interest the Top 10 Marijuana…

The Riverside medical marijuana dispensary lawyers at the CANNABIS LAW GROUP hail the appeals court decision that permits a local collective to remain open while it fights the city’s efforts to force its closure. As we reported recently on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, Riverside County recently scrapped plans for a new ordinance against medical marijuana…

On the same day he signed a law that reduced marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to an infraction no more serious than a traffic ticket, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law prohibiting marijuana dispensaries from being located within 600 feet of a school. Our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary attorneys have frequently reported on the difficulties…

California medical marijuana patients won a partial victory this week with the issuance of a much anticipated ruling in a case against the City of Anaheim. As our Riverside medical marijuana dispensary attorneys have reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, many cities were awaiting this ruling before proceeding with ordinances of their own. In Riverside…

An opinion piece in the Huffington Post suggests the city’s attempt to force the closure of three-quarters of all marijuana dispensaries may have triggered a trio of deadly shootings inside legally operating marijuana collectives. The piece suggests the city may have done little more than create a manageable target of the remaining businesses for gangs…

Long Beach is seeking to tax medical marijuana dispensaries in an effort to raise money and plug holes in the city budget, Businessweek reported. The Los Angeles medical marijuana attorneys at the CANNABIS LAW GROUP represent more than a dozen collectives in the Los Angeles area that have been targeted for closure. As we have…

Two Lake Forest marijuana dispensaries face a July 6 contempt of court date after the city accused them of continuing to operate despite a judge’s order that the businesses close, the Orange County Register reported. Damian Nassiri, a partner in the law firm HOWARD | NASSIRI, which also does business as the CANNABIS LAW GROUP,…