Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

A number of members from California’s congressional delegation are sending their concerns about the recent federal enforcements against our medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and elsewhere to President Obama. According to Mercury News, a bipartisan letter was sent from nine U.S. House of Representatives addressing what they call an unconscionable and unreasonable crackdown on…

Advocates recently gathered in front of the U.S. courthouse in Sacramento in protest of the federal crackdown on the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles and elsewhere. These medical marijuana advocates believe that this crackdown is a direct assault on “responsible corporate citizens” who contribute their earnings to state tax coffers, according to The Sacramento…

As we reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog last October, Los Angeles sheriffs are obsessed with marijuana, whether it’s in dispensaries, in collectives, in your home or in your child’s trick-or-treating bag. Last year, local officers sent out a warning to parents urging them to keep an eye on their kid’s treats. Officials were claiming…

Another medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Ana has been ordered to shut down after sheriff deputies barged in last month with a search warrant, according to The Orange County Register. Santa Ana Superior Care has been closed because, as sheriff’s investigator Howard J. McCulloch says, the dispensary sold marijuana to undercover officers twice. They were…

Gary Johnson, a Republican potential presidential candidate, made a recent appearance at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Los Angeles. There were advocates from around the state pushing for the rights of the medical marijuana industry in California. Johnson spoke at the event, making promises to marijuana advocates to issue a full pardon for…

A recent fire took destroyed a growers full supply of medical marijuana in Northern Hollywood. Officers are still investigating the incident, according to the Hollywood LAist. As of the last reports, officers were also still looking for the owner of that operation. The fire happened shortly after 12:30 a.m. The business was located on Bellaire…

Officials from the California Medical Association recently announced that they support the legalization of marijuana in Los Angeles and elsewhere. The support has drawn mixed reviews from physicians, doctors and others. The California Medical Association says that to be able to offer the best treatment to patients, the drug needs to be legalized so more…

With the federal crackdown threatening the medical marijuana industry in California, seven San Francisco supervisors are urging federal agents to reroute course. Obama previously claimed that he wouldn’t be focusing federal enforcement efforts on the medical marijuana industry. You’d never know that was ever said with the way things are looking now. “I believe it’s…

Medical marijuana in Los Angeles and elsewhere is under attack by the federal government. Advocates of the medicinal treatment in California are creating a 2012 ballot initiative that would allow the state to look over all operations. The draft of this ballot comes after a federal threat to wipe out the industry completely, according to…

The U.S. government was designed to allow each state to act as guinea pigs of democracy, according to U.S. News. Through this, states are allowed to experiment with policies that officials believe will benefit their needs. Federal law is there to protect that state’s right. But apparently that right doesn’t include medical marijuana in Riverside…