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As the legalization of marijuana – primarily for medicinal purposes – spreads throughout the country, there has been strong resistance by those who fear the potential for unintended consequences. For example, some have feared that it would lead to a proliferation of minors using the drug. Others have expressed concerns that it would be a…

It’s being called a blatant abuse of power that robs Americans of their fundamental rights under the Constitution, and it’s being carried out by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the National Security Administration and the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive report by Reuters. Our Los Angeles marijuana defense lawyers understand…

In the last 75 years, national attitudes regarding marijuana have swung wildly from one direction to the other. First, there was the “Reefer Madness” paranoia. Then there were the excesses of the Woodstock-era, which then swung back again to the 1980s hard-line, zero-tolerance policy of the Reagan-era “Just Say No” campaign. In the quarter century…

Perhaps feeling emboldened by the recent California Supreme Court ruling upholding the right of municipalities to uphold a ban on local marijuana dispensaries, the city council in Riverside is now taking aim at another vital service: marijuana delivery. Our Riverside medical marijuana lawyers question the authority of the council to take such action, let alone…

Amid a growing body of evidence regarding the positive effects of marijuana as medicine, more states are taking steps to decriminalize the drug even for those who do not have a prescription. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that Vermont became the latest state to pass a law removing criminal penalties for the possession of…

At a time when arrests for many other types of arrests are down, those for simple misdemeanor possession of marijuana have skyrocketed over the last decade, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In fact, the number of people arrested for marijuana in California doubled from about 28,000 annually back in 1990 to…