Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Los Angeles Marijuana Lawyers have expressed solidarity with those California marijuana dispensaries to the north of us that were ordered to close by the federal government by April 6 – or face severe prison sentences, fines and forfeiture of their property. The state as a whole loses when these licensed and taxpaying facilities, which have…

Our Los Angeles Marijuana Lawyers know that in these uncertain times, it would be understandable if L.A. marijuana dispensaries wanted to close up shop and give up. Those already in the field are hanging on by their fingernails, having been forced out by federal crackdown or squeezed dry by local municipalities eager to establish bans…

Our Los Angeles Marijuana Lawyers were interested to read a TIME Magazine piece recently linking the federal raids on California medical marijuana dispensaries and the president’s Affordable Care Act. It seems like a stretch, but apparently, the two are more related than one might think. One deals with the raids of legally-operating California medical marijuana…

Our Orange County marijuana lawyers have been closely following the news out of Dana Point, which has been one of the many fronts on the war against patients’ rights in California. Orange County medical marijuana patients probably know that the Beach Cities Collective has been at the center of the legal tug-of-war. Most recently, an…

The issues surrounding medical marijuana in Orange County and throughout the state have become a legal quagmire – one that the state’s supreme court has agreed to take on. Our Orange County medical marijuana attorneys will be closely following the developments of the supreme court’s decision, stemming from cases involving four cannabis dispensaries. Two other…

Orange County medical marijuana patients may soon be required to register their status with the state, which lawmakers say will help to further legitimize the industry. Our Orange County medical marijuana attorneys support the rights of patients to reap the medically-proven benefits of cannabis for a wide range of ailments. But varied attempts at regulation…

A federal raid of a model California medical marijuana dispensary and trade school has sparked outrage across the state, with activists firing off that the federal crackdown is not only unjust, but is going to cause the local economy to suffer. Our California medical marijuana attorneys are appalled at the ongoing barrage against law-abiding dispensaries,…

An appeals court has handed down a victory for Orange County medical marijuana dispensaries, in a decision holding that a Dana Point marijuana clinic doesn’t owe the city millions of dollars claimed in a prior summary judgment. Our Orange County medical marijuana attorneys are encouraged by the decision, granted by the state’s 4th District Court…

Residents throughout the state of California turn to medical marijuana in Los Angeles and elsewhere to treat a number of debilitating conditions. While the medicinal plant continues to be targeted by feds, it may be the best cure for a 3-year-old Montana boy who was diagnosed with recurring brain tumors before he even turned 2,…

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Southern California weren’t the only ones hit hard by the recent federal crackdown on the industry. Although California felt it the worst, other states are going through similar crackdowns. In Colorado, there were more than 20 medical marijuana dispensaries that were hit hard by feds and were forced to close. Other…