Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

In a major victory for marijuana rights in California, the state supreme court has declined to hear an appeal from prosecutors on the overturned conviction of a marijuana collective operator in People v. Jackson. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know this means the Fourth District Court of Appeals’ ruling, which established a clear defense for…

Long Beach city officials and those elsewhere are waiting anxiously for decisions by the California Supreme Court in two cases that could answer the question of whether it is legal for a city to ban marijuana dispensaries outright. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers are watching closely as well. The first case, City of Riverside v.…

With two dueling Los Angeles marijuana regulation proposals already set to compete for votes in May, city council has thrown in another curve: a third proposal. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that council members voted 11-1 to instruct city lawyers to draft language for a ballot measure that would essentially combine the strictest elements…

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has refused to budge on its Schedule I classification with regard to medical marijuana. However, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that two recent studies by universities on opposite sides of the globe have uncovered the same result: marijuana significantly reduces pain, or at least a person’s ability to withstand…

Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers wish the brass in our city would take a page out of the playbook of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. The recently-elected official has just issued memos to the city’s code compliance officers, as well as the San Diego Police Department, ordering a halt on all targeted code enforcement actions…

A woman working for a non-profit charity arm of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office was fired for her husband’s connection to a medical marijuana dispensary in Marina del Rey. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know that despite the sheriff’s office claim that the termination had to do with the fact that she concealed this…

It’s been almost a year since the city of Oakland in northern California approved a measure that would allow four new medical marijuana dispensaries to open. However, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that only one of those facilities is actually up and running. The other three have endured one delay after another – in…

A grassroots, online petition urging the Obama administration to leave the decision of marijuana legalization up to the states has prompted a formal response from the White House. However, as with previous statements made by the president on this issue, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know it’s often less about the carefully-worded politicking and more…

Under state law, he was legally operating three medical marijuana facilities in the Inland Empire, providing an invaluable service to hundreds of patients. But under federal law, he was a felony drug dealer, and for that, he will serve 10 years in federal prison, per the sentencing by U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson. Our…

Los Angeles City council members are poised to consider two dueling medical marijuana proposals intended to take the place of a failed ban enacted by leaders last fall. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers have learned that the city clerk has announced that council has several options for each initiative. The first proposal, which would limit…