Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

A new article published this month in the journal Nature Review Neuroscience leads with some powerful words for anti-marijuana advocates from some of the world’s top scientists. The scientists say that drug prohibition hampering scientific study is the worst case of scientific censorship since the Catholic church banned the works of Galileo and Copernicus. Ouch.…

If you thought Colorado’s last word on the issue of recreational marijuana was the passage of Amendment 64 in November, you’d be mistaken. Our Colorado marijuana lawyers understand that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a number of historic measures late last month to coincide with the implementation of the world’s first legal, regulated and taxed marijuana…

A law that would have clarified marijuana regulations in California has been rejected in the state Assembly, by a razor-thin vote of 35-37. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that this means AB 473, drafted by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, will not move forward to the state senate this session. If it had received the required…

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…

A firestorm was kicked up several weeks ago when it was revealed that the Internal Revenue Service was systematically targeting conservative groups, particularly those affiliated with the tea party. However, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that the tea party isn’t alone. Specifically, the IRS has been homing in on medical marijuana facilities for the…

Legislators in Nevada have approved a measure that will make the state the 14th in the country to set up a system of state-regulated medical marijuana dispensaries. Our Nevada marijuana lawyers understand that as it stands right now, 18 states as well as Washington D.C. have legalized medical marijuana, but not all of those have…

More than a decade ago, U.C.L.A. drug policy expert Mark Kleinman was interviewed by The New York Times to discuss in-depth his reasoning why marijuana legalization was a poor idea. While the removal of penalties for small amounts of possession, cultivation and use made sense, he said, he wasn’t in favor of the establishment of…

California senators are trying to solidify the rights of both marijuana dispensaries and patients who are acting legally under state law. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that Senate Bill 439 recently passed in the state senate, moving now to the Assembly and, hopefully, on to the governor. SB 439 was initially proposed by Senate…

A medical marijuana patient recently won a state Supreme Court appeal in Michigan, where the high court ruled that patients should be given special exception under the strict law that forbids operation of a vehicle with any amount of THC in the driver’s system. Our Los Angeles marijuana DUI defense lawyers recognize that while California…