Cannabis Law Group’s Medical Marijuana Legal Blog

Each term, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issues a copy of the docket it has selected showing all of the cases that will be heard during that time frame. While every case heard by the Supreme Court deals with serious legal issues, there are some that hold the potential to impact a…

There are a variety of old movies and plays featuring farming towns that haven’t seen rain in very long time and are looking for any way they can to turn things around. This is where the concept of the term “Rainmaker” was derived: People were desperate to believe that someone could literally make it rain,…

The “War On Drugs” has been waged for decades. The U.S. government has spent incredible amounts of taxpayer dollars on this battle and, for the most part, there has been little success and many casualties. In some cases, fighting the war on drugs involved using the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and its vast resources…

Seizure disorders in children are more common than many people realize. They are also one of the scariest conditions parents of any child have to deal with. When a child has a seizure, unlike an adult, there is serious risk of brain damage and other bodily injury. In some situations, seizures can last for hours…

Medical marijuana delivery services have become quite popular in recent years. Essentially, a person can use an app on their smartphone and order medical cannabis just like they would order anything else. Once the patient has verified they have a valid physician’s recommendation for medical marijuana, they can place their order and a driver will…

According to a recent news feature from the Los Angeles Times, one Orange County medical marijuana dispensary now employs the first unionized cannabis industry workers. While there are millions of workers who are members of unions, this has not yet been the case for staffers at medical marijuana dispensaries in Orange County. The workers at…

Medical marijuana is legal in California and has been since 1996. But that doesn’t mean people are not going to jail for cultivation and other related crimes. A recent news feature from Marijuana Politics analyzed the story of a man who was sentenced to five years in prison for growing medical marijuana. This man is…

Parents of children with epilepsy or other serious seizure disorders have started turning toward medical marijuana as a legitimate treatment option, according to recent news article from Fox News. Having a child with a seizure disorder can be one of the scariest things imaginable. The parents have to watch their young children suffer through seizures,…

Republican politicians in Utah are worried they may lose some seats this November due to medical marijuana being on the ballot, according to a recent news feature from Fox 13. The concern is that in the various states that have passed medical marijuana by popular vote, many liberals and other young voters who would not…

There is no question that support for medical marijuana is growing across the Untied States. As of this year, nearly half of all states have some type of medical marijuana legislation, and some states have gone to full legalization of marijuana even for recreational use, such as Colorado and Washington. However, despite the ever-increasing public…