Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

A Riverside Superior Court Judge recently signed an order at the request of the city of Murrieta to ban a medical marijuana collective, but the wording was ambiguous and will allow the business to remain open, the club’s medical marijuana attorney says. Riverside medical marijuana collectives have come under fire, as city, county and federal…

The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported there are vast differences between how regulated the medical marijuana industry is in California compared to Colorado and how the federal response has varied. Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries and collectives have come under pressure not only from federal prosecutors, who try to enforce conflicting federal and state laws,…

San Jose city officials, citing a desire to cut down on the potential for a major legal battle, have decided to rescind a September ordinance to cut down on medical marijuana dispensaries. But, police say they will still be going after dispensaries that have garnered complaints or not paid taxes, ABC News is reporting. Medical…

More bad news out of Riverside. As we previously reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, a case out of Riverside will go to the California Supreme Court to determine if cities and counties can legally ban medical marijuana dispensaries. Now, as if that wasn’t enough of an assault on the medical marijuana industry, The Press-Enterprise…

The Los Angeles Times recently reported a new study found that smoking pot and driving makes a person twice as likely to get into a vehicle accident. And while some accidents or even arrests for DUI in Los Angeles are tied to smoking marijuana, law enforcement often has a hard time properly determining whether a…

A recent Los Angeles Times article looks at the industry of testing marijuana to determine if it is medical quality and opines that this may be the next area of the Los Angeles medical marijuana industry to take heat from the government. Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers understand that medical marijuana testing, while unregulated, is…

A former state senator who was instrumental in writing the 2003 SB 420 that defined how Los Angeles medical marijuana would be cultivated and dispensed now says it was never meant to be a non-profit venture. Former State Sen. John Vasconcellos recently wrote a letter stating that lawmakers never intended for the medical marijuana industry…

A 43-year-old man from Los Angeles was arrested in New Jersey after he allegedly smoked marijuana on a flight from Florida to Newark, The Star-Ledger reports. This has become a somewhat common problem for people who are licensed to use medical marijuana in Los Angeles because of various ailments. While they may be able to…

Frustrated by continued attacks on California’s medical marijuana industry, supporters will now try to get voters to approve a ballot initiative that aims to keep the federal government from continued interference. Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries are important businesses in the community because providing this drug is important to patients suffering from these debilitating medical…

Local police recently arrested three people and also shut down a medical marijuana dispensary in Chatsworth, which stood in an area that once held many medical marijuana shops, the Los Angeles Times reports. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers are always skeptical of an arrest involving medical marijuana shops because law enforcement agencies often try…