Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Three men were recently arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a West Hollywood marijuana dispensary recently, the Los Angeles Times reports. Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries are always at risk for a potential robbery because while legitimate businesses are simply trying to adhere to the law and work legally, there are still illegal…

Advocates of medical marijuana hope to create a system that licenses, regulates and taxes California medical marijuana dispensaries and collectives as a way of making peace with federal authorities, who seek to shut them down, The Associated Press reports. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers think it’s unfortunate that small business owners who are simply…

The hits just keep coming for hard-working medical marijuana dispensaries in California, especially those in Riverside County where authorities have announced they are going to try to shut them down, The Desert Sun is reporting. Ever since California voters agreed to legalize marijuana some 15 years ago, it has been a constant struggle. In recent…

The Eagle Rock Patch was able to sit down recently with Los Angeles City Council member Jose Huizar and tackle a bevy of topics, including medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. Huizar has been in the news recently because he proposed a ban on all marijuana dispensaries in the city. That has led to much…

The Press Democrat reports that the Obama administration’s recent crackdown on marijuana businesses has led to the shut down of the state’s oldest medical marijuana dispensary in Marin, which is north of San Francisco. The newspaper also reports that a major marijuana collective that cultivated, harvested and packaged marijuana for many Bay Area dispensaries is…

A recent article out of Washington reports that California’s marijuana growers have shifted plots from national forests to farmland, according to the Fresno County sheriff, who testified to the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Admittedly, medical marijuana in California is a difficult industry because while many small businesses sell marijuana solely for medicinal purposes,…

Several news articles have reported that the recent federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and statewide has led to record profits as prices soar. This certainly isn’t positive for the users with medical problems who seek this treatment, but it is for the business owners who are risking prosecution to run their…

In what appears to have been a 360-degree turn in the government’s stance on dealings with medical marijuana dispensary owners, Attorney General Eric Holder recently testified that prosecuting these business owners is a “low priority.” A Colorado politician recently grilled Holder on the Judiciary Committee about medical marijuana and a June 1 memo that essentially…

A San Jose suburb recently had a debate about whether the city should allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the city limits. It’s amazing that 16 years since medical marijuana was legalized in California, cities are still having debates about whether or not to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Riverside and elsewhere to operate. One reason…

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that 372 medical marijuana shops filed business tax paperwork with the city, proving that there are more medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles that in any other city in the nation. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers know this is despite heavy fire from the federal government, which is…