Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Patients who rely on medical marijuana in Los Angeles to help to treat illnesses and debilitating conditions may soon be forced to buy the product off the streets. While no one wants that, it may be the only choice left to patients if the feds continue their forceful sweep on the industry. Every year, thousands…

It’s time to fight back and fight back hard. As the federal government continues its crackdown on medical marijuana in California, the California Medical Association is campaigning for the legalization of marijuana, according to the Los Angeles Times. The California Medical Association is the state’s largest doctor group and supports the use of marijuana as…

A judge’s ruling in favor of ordinances regulating medical marijuana in Los Angeles is by no means a sound victory for the City of Los Angeles and its much maligned ordinance. “It has been a long wait but well worth it,” said Jane Usher, a special assistant city attorney. “It is absolutely gratifying to have…

Banks are now being victimized in the fight against medical marijuana in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Chase bank was recently instructed by the federal government to evict Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, according to ABC News. The banks are being targeted because they hold the mortgages for many clinics in the area. Feds know that…

The Rand Corp has removed a study from its website just weeks after the published report found less crime in areas around pot clinics and an increase in crime when medical marijuana dispensaries were forced to close. As our L.A. marijuana dispensary defense attorneys recently reported, the Rand Corp. published a study that found crime…

As part of a major enforcement blitz, the feds are making no promises that medical marijuana patients in Los Angeles and elsewhere will be able to get the medicine to which they are legally entitled under state law. The raid on the Raymond Way strip mall in Wake Forest targeted 8 dispensaries and the building’s…

Sacramento officials are looking to toughen the stance on medical marijuana dispensaries — calling some of them “storefront drug dealers in the wake of the Obama Administration’s crackdown on medical marijuana in California, which has been legal since 1996. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers encourage dispensaries, collectives, patients, caregivers and growers to seek experienced…

The federal crackdown that began Saturday has already targeted NoHo Caregivers in North Hollywood, according to the announcement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. The feds contend NoHo Caregivers sold marijuana to other stores and sent marijuana to affiliates in New York and Pennsylvania. The indictment alleges the store distributed…

Four U.S. Attorneys announced Friday the feds are cracking down on medical marijuana in California — a move that has made national news. The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Central District of California announced the enforcement actions are being directed at commercial marijuana operations and include criminal drug trafficking enforcement, property forfeiture lawsuits and warning…

The feds have landed. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that federal prosecutors are moving to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. The feds have sent letters to landlords, warning them to stop drug sales on their properties within 45 days or risk property sale and seizures. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense…