Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

In a detailed analysis of the challenges facing the medical marijuana industry in Southern California as we enter 2011, the Press Enterprise rightly deduces that it will take the courts to decide many of the issues surrounding the rights of medical marijuana growers, collectives, dispensaries and patients. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers represent…

With each passing year, more states embrace marijuana as a legitimate medical treatment. Acceptance grows. Tolerance grows. Case law grows. And the ability of legitimate marijuana businesses to defend themselves against the overzealous encroachments of politicians and law enforcement grows stronger. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers read with interest the Top 10 Marijuana…

The Riverside medical marijuana dispensary lawyers at the CANNABIS LAW GROUP hail the appeals court decision that permits a local collective to remain open while it fights the city’s efforts to force its closure. As we reported recently on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, Riverside County recently scrapped plans for a new ordinance against medical marijuana…

Los Angeles medical marijuana lawyers have been successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting the city from enforcing an ordinance that would force the closure of the majority of its 500 medical marijuana dispensaries. Our L.A. Dispensary Defense Attorneys represent more than a dozen medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. We believe…

Double jeopardy laws have long been one of the bedrock rights of a defendant — an assurance that he or she would not have to defend against the same criminal charges more than once. A guarantee that prosecutors could not simply try a defendant over and over again until they got the verdict they desired.…

Legalizing marijuana in California would not put much of a dent in the issue of violent Mexican drug cartels that smuggle marijuana across the border, the Los Angeles Times reports. Taking money, influence and power away from such cartels is one of the selling points of Proposition 19. The November ballot initiative would legalize possession…

NPR recently asked how many pot clinics will survive the crackdown? Our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary lawyers believe the answer will be determined by how many are willing to fight. The CANNABIS LAW GROUP is representing more than a dozen marijuana collectives and dispensaries in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. By joining forces, we…

On the same day he signed a law that reduced marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to an infraction no more serious than a traffic ticket, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law prohibiting marijuana dispensaries from being located within 600 feet of a school. Our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary attorneys have frequently reported on the difficulties…

The current and former chiefs of the Drug Enforcement Administration called upon the Obama Administration on Monday to block California’s marijuana legalization initiative if it passes in November, according to CNN. Our Los Angeles marijuana criminal defense attorneys anticipated this move by the federal government some time ago, when we wrote on our Marijuana Lawyer…

The city attorney has asked a judge to support a move to shut down about 130 Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries, the Associated Press reported. Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Attorney Damian Nassiri said the city has jumped the gun by filing the lawsuit instead of issuing the list and permitting collectives to respond. The city…