Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Marijuana advocates do not support driving under the influence of marijuana as authorities continue to look into the true danger of marijuana impaired driving. As more and more states legalize marijuana use it is important to have a complete understanding of the substance’s effects on driving behavior. OurLos Angeles marijuana lawyers hope individuals do not…

Trying to figure out what stance theObama administration has on marijuana policy is enough to drive marijuana advocates to drinking. The inconsistencies abound. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers point out that Office of National Drug Control Policy, a White House-run office, considers marijuana a harmful and dangerous drug. In addition, the Drug Enforcement Administration has…

Sadly, the feds have shut down the firstCalifornia Medical Marijuana dispensary to operate under Proposition 215. Our marijuana lawyers in Los Angeles know the club had been in existence since 1996 until it was first shut down by the United States Attorney’s Office in 2011. The U.S. attorney with the help of the Internal Revenue…

Although recreational marijuana has been legalized in Colorado, lawmakers are still struggling to determine how to handle this change. Unfortunately, some lawmakers feel that the more regulation the better. If this doesn’t sound familiar, you haven’t been paying attention to the two-decade saga of medical marijuana in California. Our marijuana defense lawyers realize that the…

As recreational marijuana becomes legalized in some states, dispensaries are being forced to comply with new regulations. Our marijuana lawyers are aware that the regulations are different for medicinal marijuana dispensaries and those that sell to recreational patients. In Colorado, for instance, even though the products are very similar and the same dispensary may legally…

According to a recent news report the president of the United States has an interesting take on marijuana when compared with alcohol. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know marijuana advocates are interested to know that the President of the United States does not think marijuana is any more harmful than alcohol. When the president talks,…

The United States may be influencing the marijuana laws of multiple nations, including the Dutch. There has been a recent movement in the Netherlands to remove an uneasy contradiction within the law that prohibits the large-scale growing and wholesaling of marijuana but permits the smoking of pot. Our marijuana lawyers know that the societal and…

Although it’s not an issue at the forefront of the marijuana advocacy agenda, it’s certainly important that marijuana businesses be allowed to use the US banking system. In a recent announcement the Attorney General stated that now allowing marijuana businesses to access United States bank created a public safety hazard. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers…

The City of San Rafael has forced a long-running medical marijuana delivery service to shut down. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that delivery services can be an extremely convenient way for medicinal marijuana patients who are battling severe illness to get their medicine. The Caregiver Compassion Group, a nonprofit collective, was forced to close…

In a case that raises new questions about the cancer-fighting properties of cannabis a mother in Colorado, is fighting her doctors over the medical treatment of her 3-year-old son. Our Colorado marijuana lawyers know that medicinal marijuana has many uses, and not all of those have yet been fully explored by the medical community. The…