Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

A federal judge in Sacramento recently dismissed a California medical marijuana lawsuit against the recent clampdown on medical marijuana dispensaries by federal officials. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana attorneys are disappointed, though not surprised. We anticipate this is a fight that may continue for some time before the civil rights of patients are fully recognized.…

Supreme courts should stop allowing all dispensaries to operate, says Long Beach City Attorney Bob Shannon. He says that they should stop operating until an appeal to the Supreme Court is decided. He’s talking about the appeal to provide more guidelines to cities regarding the governing of medical marijuana in Long Beach and elsewhere. There’s…

Latching on to the questionable results of a recent national study indicating drugged drivers are an increasing problem, local and state law enforcement officials are teaming up to target medical marijuana DUI in Orange County and across the state. As our Orange County medical marijuana attorneys understand it, the federal government is funding a program…

Medical marijuana in California and 15 other states and the District of Columbia has been legalized. In more than half of these areas, government officials have been launching new medical laws that could lands these people involved in the industry with criminal charges and stiff fines. Back in 1996, California was the first state in…

A new government report makes the overreaching claim that drugs are involved in an increasing number of traffic fatalities across the country. The study, conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as part of its Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), purports that of the 63 percent of deceased drivers who were tested in…

Today marks a major victory for patients’ rights advocates and those invested in the battle for safe and legal medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. State appellate court judiciaries in City of Lake Forest v. Evergreen Holistic Collective have ruled in favor of medical marijuana dispensaries and rejected the argument that cities could ban these…

As supporters of medical marijuana in Bakersfield have battled with county leaders about allowing medical marijuana cooperatives to operate, they have now decided to let voters decide, Bakersfieldnow.com is reporting. Cities and counties throughout California have struggled with these issues. Even though voters approved medical marijuana in 1996, some leaders believe more votes are necessary.…

Back in 2003, the state’s Legislature passed Senate Bill 420. Under this bill, regulations and limitations were placed on the medical marijuana industry in California. Just a year after, Oakland decided to pass an ordinance that required dispensaries to have licenses and only allowed 4 licenses in the city. Today, there are four booming dispensaries.…

As Los Angeles city leaders have struggled to get a hold on the medical marijuana industry, recent news articles have laid out the botched regulation efforts made and how the city is now attempting to prohibit medical marijuana with a ban. A city subcommittee recently approved a ban of dispensaries and now the measure will…

A number of Los Angeles Marijuana dispensaries are banding together in support of a bill that would establish statewide regulation for taxing and oversight of marijuana facilities. The ultimate hope with the Medical Marijuana Regulation, Control and Taxation Act (MMRCT) would quell the legal battles these dispensaries have been fighting almost non-stop as a result…