Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Former senator and current Attorney General, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III has not made any efforts to hide the fact that he thinks marijuana has no valid medical use and is not something “good people” would use. However, his hands are currently tied in prosecuting those who grow, distribute, dispense, and possess for personal use any…

Medical cannabis sales are already big business in California. With the recreational use of marijuana soon being legal in California, it is expected that the marijuana industry in our state could grow by tenfold into a multibillion dollar industry. Those in the marijuana industry have pushed for the sale of recreational use marijuana to be…

Congress listed marijuana on Schedule One of the U.S. Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (USCSA) and has not de-listed or even moved marijuana to a lower level since that time. To be included on Schedule One, the drug is supposed to have a chance of abuse, a high level of danger, and have no approved…

The City of Los Angeles has just released a draft of the “Commercial Cannabis Activity Requirements.” These are the essential regulations for the medical marijuana business in the City of Los Angeles. This document is 51 pages and must be posted for 60 days during a period for the public to make any comments they…

According to a recent news article from Bloomberg, local municipalities are putting the finishing touches on their local regulation of recreational marijuana sales. Industry experts believe that areas with more successful medical marijuana businesses are likely to also have top recreational marijuana businesses. As discussed in this article, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Alameda rank…

For a long time, people have been wondering how medical marijuana use will affect their employment and what happens if they get a drug test. That is a complicated issue, and it depends a lot on your employer. With marijuana being legal for recreational use as Proposition 64 was voted into law at the last…

In January, any adult in Los Angeles will be able to walk into a marijuana shop or dispensary and purchase marijuana for any use they see fit. They can use it as a medicine or for recreational use. While California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana back in 1996, the state has become…

There is a lot of money to be made in the medical marijuana industry. Each year, more and more patients are turning to medical marijuana to treat various mental and physical ailments, and the types of medications on the market are getting more and more sophisticated to meet this new demand. One area in which…

According to a recent news article from Time, a marijuana vending machine may be hitting the market soon. This device uses a fingerprint scanner to verify the identity of the purchaser before it will dispense any marijuana. This can be used to verify the age of the buyer as well as whether the buyer is…

Despite the fact that the majority of Americans support medical marijuana, there have been two recent incidents involving marijuana that show the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is not quite ready to embrace medical cannabis as of yet. The first incident involved a NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series team that got a…