Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Colorado’s medical marijuana industry is coming under intense scrutiny, with the recent release of a 102-page audit conducted by the Colorado Department of Public and Health and Environment’s Department of Revenue. Our Colorado marijuana lawyers understand that the report indicates that just 12 doctors are responsible for half all medical marijuana patient recommendations made in…

A Washington state man who was arrested on federal felony charges after he was caught growing medical marijuana, which he supplied to military veterans, was given five years’ probation over prison. Interestingly, the prosecutor in the case had informed the judge of his belief that the defendant was at his core “altruistic and a man…

As state officials in Colorado work out the regulatory details of how to handle being one of the first states in the country to permit legal recreational marijuana sales, a number of cities are scrambling to ban distribution within municipal limits. Our Colorado marijuana lawyers understand that most recently, that has included Colorado Springs, the…

Those wanting to purchase marijuana for recreational use in in Colorado will have to abide by a strict set of rules laid forth recently by the state’s Department of Revenue. Our Colorado marijuana lawyers know that while the state legislature set a series of broad parameters for the sale of recreational cannabis earlier this year,…

Nascar and beer seem a likely pair in the world of advertising. But what about Nascar and buds? Spectators at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, attending the Nascar Brickyard 400, may have noted the new, 30-second spots that at first glance may have appeared to be your average ad for brew. Instead, the ads were promoting…

City officials in Berkeley are joining the fight against federal prosecutors’ action to shut down California’s medical marijuana dispensaries. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that Berkeley joins the list of municipalities standing up to federal power in support of dispensaries they know are beneficial for the community at-large. Efforts to shutter Harborside Health Center…

The case of an Oregonian medical marijuana advocate is a cautionary tale for all those continuing to fight the cause of legalization both on local and national fronts. As our Oregon marijuana lawyers understand it, the sponsor of the Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative, which sought to have marijuana legalized for recreational purposes in the state,…

Attorneys representing the City of Oakland, which is fighting federal prosecutors to keep open the doors of renowned medical marijuana dispensary Harborside Health Center, scored a victory earlier this month, with a federal judge ruling the center may remain open while an earlier verdict is appealed. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that is likely…

Prosecutors are refusing to drop their criminal cases against a number of Oregon medical marijuana dispensaries, despite the fact that a state law passed July 6 gave those operations the explicit right to exist. As our Oregon medical marijuana dispensary lawyers understand it, prosecutors are pressing ahead based on the assertion that the actions committed…

In an effort to have marijuana reclassified from its current status as a Schedule I narcotic, Americans for Safe Access has formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an earlier ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C., which sided with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. You may recall in the previous case,…