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Every year, we see additional states legalizing medical marijuana. In some states and the District of Columbia, we have actually had votes for full legalization of marijuana, even for recreational purposes. This definitely seems the way things are going. However, for the most part, the states along the eastern seaboard have been more reluctant to…

There has been a huge increase in the support for medical marijuana legalization across the nation since California legalized medical marijuana 20 years ago. However, it has been in the past 10 years that we have seen such a large surge of support and more and more jurisdictions voting to legalize medical marijuana. Although, it…

According to a recent news feature from the Orange County Register, cities throughout Orange County, California are “scrambling” to ban medical cannabis cultivation or distribution and delivery in their respective jurisdictions. For the most part, these were already places that did not permit medical marijuana dispensaries or grow operations, but now that the state has…

One of the hardest things to resolve when dealing with medical marijuana and even recreational marijuana legalization is how people are still being sent to prison on marijuana related charges in states where the drug is legal. Part of the problem is that possession of any amount of marijuana is illegal under the United States…

Washington and Colorado have become the first two states in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. There were many predictions about what would happen if pot was legalized, and some of those predictions included increases in crime and high school dropout rates. There were also predictions that the respective state governments would make…

In the United States, the right to file for bankruptcy was established in the Constitution. Specifically, Article I, Section 8, clause 4, known as the Bankruptcy Clause, authorizes Congress to create uniform laws on Bankruptcy that are applicable throughout the United States. This law, and the ability to file bankruptcy was very important to the…

According to a recent news report from NBC Los Angeles, authorities have just arrested a suspect for possession of 26 firearms and a small medical marijuana grow operation. The man also allegedly was in possession of large amounts of ammunition for all the guns also allegedly in his possession. The defendant was 33 years old…

According to a recent news article form the Los Angeles Times, medical marijuana grow operations are targeted by enforcement officials to cut down on water use. Growers have been told specifically that they must be following the same rules as required for any agricultural business, and, in some cases, that means shutting down for the…

Wildfires are nothing new in California, but with the drought being as bad as it is this year, there has been a recent rash of wildfires, and they have been causing more damage and destruction than normal. According to a recent news article from the Los Angeles Times, two state dispensary owners are trying to…

According to a recent article from the Los Angeles Times, a study was conducted involving sixth graders, and it addressed the risks of whether these children would likely drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol when they are older. The goal of the agency was to reduce the risks by challenging their positive beliefs…