Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

CANNABIS LAW GROUP Attorney Damian Nassiri is taking a unique approach in the fight to defend one of Los Angeles’ dispensaries from closure: Targeting the L.A.P.D. Other lawsuits have been filed on behalf of other collectives and dispensaries following the city’s decision to ban storefront medical marijuana facilities from operating under Ordinance No. 182190. However,…

Riverside County has been put on notice: Los Angeles Marijuana Lawyer Damian Nassiri has filed suit against the county, on behalf of medical marijuana dispensary GRC Solutions, in Riverside Superior Court. The action seeks an immediate injunction to lift the ban that would prohibit GRC Solutions from operating. While a ruling last month by a…

A ruling by a Riverside County Superior Court judge has reversed an earlier decision that granted an injunction against a Rancho Mirage dispensary, which had opened prior to the city’s ban. The ban has since been ruled unconstitutional. Los Angeles marijuana attorneys know that rulings like this are creating a great deal of confusion, as…

Marijuana advocates have gathered enough signatures to establish a March ballot measure to repeal city council’s recent ban on marijuana dispensaries in L.A. Los Angeles marijuana attorneys understand that this effectively puts the city’s ban on hold, pending next year’s election. Of course, it is dependent on the verification of signatures, but this is extremely…

Marijuana dispensaries don’t drive up local crime rates. They don’t result in abuse of harsher drugs. They don’t provide the drug to everyone who walks in the door. Los Angeles medical marijuana attorneys understand that patients in Bakersfield are becoming more vocal about some of these myths, after a number of concerns were raised by…

California began feeling the heat from the feds starting last October, with the launch of a massive crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries. Now, Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand U.S. attorneys are setting their sights on neighboring Washington and Colorado, states that have also enacted legislation allowing for medicinal marijuana. While one would hope this might…

Marijuana dispensaries in Riverside are celebrating the victory of a recent decision by a County Superior Court judge, holding that the city’s ban on storefront marijuana sales is unconstitutional, due to state law. Los Angeles marijuana lawyers have been closely following the case – one of numerous rulings throughout the state to indicate that such…

Advocates throughout the city are in full force, working to collect more than 27,400 signatures from valid voters in the next few weeks in order to get a referendum on the March ballot that would overturn the city’s medical marijuana dispensary ban. Los Angeles marijuana lawyers are supportive of any legal effort that would deliver…

A letter has been sent by the L.A. City Attorney’s Office, ordering some 1,800 marijuana shops to close their doors by Sept. 6, 2012. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers know, however, that isn’t likely to be the end of the story. With at least one lawsuit pending, conflicting court rulings across the state and a…

The first of what we can expect to be many lawsuits over the recent marijuana dispensary decision by Los Angeles City Council has been filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. L. A. marijuana lawyers understand this challenge is being brought forth by a local marijuana trade group and a group of nearly a dozen patients.…