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L.A. City Council members have said that once the medical marijuana dispensary ban goes into full effect next month, they’ll begin shutting down shops in waves, starting with those that are the biggest violators of state and city laws, as well as those that have received the most complaints. However, our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers…

As local and federal officials continue their assault on law-abiding medical marijuana dispensaries and patients, another problem is washing ashore. Maritime marijuana – cleverly dubbed “Seaweed” by the local public radio affiliate – has been found in boats and in bales along the Southern California coastline with increasing regularity in recent months. Los Angeles marijuana…

Despite the fact that L.A. city officials bowed to federal pressure in the recent order to ban all pot shops within the city limits, a number of cities across the state are balking at that same bullying. Our Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that other municipality leaders across the state are seething. A recent story…

Los Angeles City Council has approved an immediate ban on all 762 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, while simultaneously proposing a loophole that would allow certain pot shops to remain open. Los Angeles marijuana attorneys understand that council chambers erupted into a roar of jeers and threats to sue the city in what has…

Scores of medical marijuana advocates took to Oakland streets recently, just prior to a fundraiser there for President Barack Obama, urging him to halt the ongoing federal action against pot shops across the state. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers anticipate this is only the beginning of what promises to be a tumultuous time in…

With the federal government barreling forward in its efforts to shut down nearly every medical marijuana dispensary in California, it’s now taking on one that has been billed as the world’s largest. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers understand prosecutors are now after Harborside in Oakland, which reportedly serves some 100,000 ill patients and has…

The three officials embroiled in a votes-for-cash scandal involving the opening of a marijuana dispensary in a Los Angeles suburb have agreed to guilty pleas on charges of extortion and bribery. Los Angeles marijuana lawyers understand that each of the three former officials from Cudahy face the possibility of a 30-year maximum prison sentence under…

Marijuana dispensaries aren’t the only entities grappling with the federal crackdown of medical cannabis in California. Municipalities, like Imperial Beach, are wrestling with whether regulation of dispensaries – which they view as a necessity – is going to put them at odds with federal government, and possibly even expose local government employees to the risk…

A new Study from the Center for Medical Cannabis Research at UC San Diego calls the federal government out for promoting false claims that cannabis has no medical value or that safety information is lacking. Those engaged in L.A. medical marijuana defense couldn’t agree more. The L.A. Weekly reports that the study, “Medical Marijuana: Clearing…

In 420 Caregivers v. City of Los Angeles California’s 2nd District Court of Appeals overturned a lower court injunction barring the City of Los Angeles from enforcing its 2010 ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers note a different three-judge panel of the same court just ruled Los Angeles County’s ban…