Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Oregon is moving forward with the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission released wide-ranging rules this month that will launch the industry next year. More than 77 new pages of administrative rules were released, addressing a wide variety of important aspects of the new statewide industry. Los Angeles marijuana lawyers…

A medical marijuana regulation lawyer knows there have been dramatic shifts in public perception of marijuana in recent years. As medical benefits have become more apparent and more states have moved towards legalizing cannabis for medicine and even for recreation, public opinion has evolved. A new poll shows how dramatic the change in perception of…

Medical marijuana is increasingly becoming the subject of scientific studies as more and more locations throughout the United States make cannabis accessible to patients with medical needs. Even as new health benefits are discovered every day, research is still lagging and the full potential of cannabis has not yet been discovered. The reason: the federal…

A federal judge issued a landmark ruling recently, which was the first ruling to provide individual dispensaries with protections put in place under the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment passed as part of last year’s government spending bill. The Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment prohibits the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prevent states from implementing their own medical…

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…

Medical marijuana has been legal in the state of California since 1993, when the Compassionate Care Act went into effect. Since regulation was left up to individual municipalities, medical cannabis dispensaries were legalized in some jurisdictions throughout the state but not in others. Los Angeles has had a somewhat interesting history as to whether dispensaries…