Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Medical marijuana is a drug and a controlled substance. Patients are already using it in more than a dozen states, including California, and it will be available in Illinois next year. Still, it remains tightly regulated by state officials and illegal under federal law. In preparation for the reformed law in Illinois, our Los Angeles…

School drug testing not only threatens to violate the U.S. Constitution, but according to a new study, it doesn’t work. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that subjecting kids to drug tests doesn’t prevent them from using drugs. Creating a positive school climate, on the other hand, might have the desired effect. About 20 percent…

Proponents of medicinal marijuana must now fight to increase access and preserve the rights of marijuana patients throughout the country. Marijuana defense attorneys know that those who fought for the legalization of marijuana in Washington State, Colorado and elsewhere never get a moment’s rest. Caregivers, doctors, and patients have formed a strong and united coalition…

Californians who might be marijuana users should certainly keep themselves informed of marijuana laws throughout the state. Our marijuana lawyers in Los Angeles want to help keep the public informed of what the law is in California and the ways in which police officers are enforcing it. Sometimes marijuana regulation can be a moving target,…

If you need some marijuana delivered, you may just be in luck. Black market marijuana dealers have long offered door-to-door service in many parts of the country, but delivery is fast becoming part of the legitimate pot market as well. Indeed, all it takes is a quick whirl on Google to find dispensaries in California,…

For proponents, tax revenue has always been part of reasoning for legal marijuana. With an enormous untapped retail market would come untold riches for state coffers and public programs – and individuals who smoke marijuana should pay for that right. Our medical marijuana lawyers know that things may not be so straightforward. Though it’s too…

Legal marijuana is in its earliest days, and the groundwork is still being laid. Laws are still being written, voters polled and businesses licensed. But even at the outset it is clear that marijuana legalization could benefit from a few rules. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that users want rules that ensure their weed…

The county board of supervisors voted 5-0 on Jan. 7 to ban all pot cultivation, indoors and out, regardless of the California medical marijuana law. The ban comes with a $1,000 a day fine per plant, plus an additional fine of $100 per plant for every day they remain after they are discovered. Our Los…

Although the United States, and indeed, some foreign countries have dramatically shifted their views on marijuana there are still many places in the United States were possession of marijuana is a criminal offense. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that even in California, the first state to allow medicinal use of marijuana, it is still…

While the Food and Drug Administration refuses to recognize the benefits of medicinal marijuana, leading experts classify cannabis as a botanical medicine. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers encourage the historic move by the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) which has added marijuana to its list of botanical medicines – the same category in which many Complementary…