Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

In this second installment in our series exploring the ever-changing landscape of marijuana legislation in America, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers want to emphasize that this fluidity is why it is so critical for growers, dispensaries, landlords and even doctors to seek reputable, experienced legal representation. You need to trust that the lawyer handling your…

If you thought the latest state-level development on the marijuana legislation front was the fact that Washington State and Colorado had approved marijuana for recreational purposes, it’s time to play catch up. Rounding out the first quarter of 2013, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers can tell you that seven other states have proposed similar initiatives.…

A troubling – and logic-defying – precedent has been set by an appellate court in Arizona, which essentially ruled that marijuana users need not actually be impaired in order to be charged with a DUI in that state. Our Los Angeles marijuana DUI lawyers are concerned for the kind of precedent this sets, and although…

In many ways, it seemed as if the nine medical marijuana facilities peppered throughout Orange and Los Angeles counties weren’t much different than the hundreds of others that have cropped up in recent years. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand they bore names such as “Alternative Herbal Care” and and “Safe Harbor Collective.” On paper,…

When Proposition 215 was first passed in 1996, it called for a statewide system that would regulate medical marijuana. However, that never came to fruition, and our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that this is likely a big part of the reason why we have accrued many of the problems we now face. Counties and…

A group of Los Angeles medical marijuana advocates are pushing hard to have hemp legalized for virtually all purposes by next year. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014 is still in its infancy. However, the hope is that it will garner enough support to get on the ballot by…

The Hippocratic Oath given by virtually every medical doctor in this country holds that, above all, one must do no harm. Doctors hold this to be sacred, and that’s why our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know the issue of medical marijuana can be a difficult one. On the one hand, it is often more effective…

Twenty years ago, it might have been something of a scandal: An L.A. councilman taking a reporter along to introduce her to his drug dealer, and even give her a tour of the place. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that’s exactly what happened recently when Councilman Bill Rosendahl, a cancer patient who also suffers…

California medical cannabis would be regulated in much the same way alcohol is if Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco is successful in the passage of his bill, AB 473. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers understand that Ammiano’s primary goal is to keep medical marijuana protected by introducing regulations that will hopefully reduce the…

As local and federal officials continue their raids on California’s medical marijuana facilities, the ACLU has filed a massive public records request of hundreds of agencies in dozens of states, seeking to learn more about the militarization of both technology and tactics employed by these law enforcement organizations. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers applaud this…