Tag: california

(552 posts)
November 1, 2012
11/01/2012
‘No Grey Sky’ Marijuana Dispensary Takes on Uncle Sam

‘No Grey Sky’ Marijuana Dispensary Takes on Uncle Sam

A licensed medical marijuana provider sued the Justice Department and DEA, claiming that their illegal crusade threatens to cost thousands of patients their means to acquire the...
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October 29, 2012
10/29/2012
Dumanis Continues Raiding in San Diego, While Court of Appeals Tells Her She is Wrong

Dumanis Continues Raiding in San Diego, While Court of Appeals Tells Her She is Wrong

On Wednesday, October 24, a dozen armed, masked NTF agents stormed Next Generation, a legal medical marijuana collective located on San Ysidro Blvd. in San Diego. The raid came just...
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October 29, 2012
10/29/2012
Suit Before Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Seeks To Halt Federal Actions Against CA Medical Cannabis

Suit Before Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Seeks To Halt Federal Actions Against CA Medical Cannabis

On Wednesday, October 24, a group of California dispensary operators, medical cannabis providers, and patients, as Plaintiffs, filed their Opening Brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of...
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October 26, 2012
10/26/2012
A Big Win for ASA in San Diego

A Big Win for ASA in San Diego

California’s 4th District Court of Appeal overturned the conviction of San Diego medical cannabis provider Jovan Jackson today. The decision in People v. Jackson recognizes the right of medical cannabis dispensaries to...
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October 26, 2012
10/26/2012
Forbes’ Top 2012 Tax Cases: #10, The IRS Wages War on Medical Marijuana

Forbes’ Top 2012 Tax Cases: #10, The IRS Wages War on Medical Marijuana

The medical marijuana industry, which is “blessed by state law, but persecuted by the IRS,” has made Forbes’ Top 10 Tax Cases of 2012 given the havoc...
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.10.24)

Initiative Watch (2012.10.24)

07:29pm We’re getting down to the final days, and the action around drug reform initiatives is hot and heavy. Let’s get to it: National On Sunday, the...
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.24)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.24)

05:08pm It’s been relatively quiet week on the medical marijuana front, with the big news being the DC Circuit Court’s interest in determining whether Air Force...
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
Unanimous Landmark Appellate Decision Issued in San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case

Unanimous Landmark Appellate Decision Issued in San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case

Fourth District Court of Appeal rejects requirement that all collective members must be actively involved in cultivation. The Fourth District Court of Appeal for California issued a...
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October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
Dilbert Cartoonist Rips Obama Over Medical Marijuana

Dilbert Cartoonist Rips Obama Over Medical Marijuana

Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams is taking issue with Obama’s medical marijuana policy and Aaron Sandusky’s recent conviction; “I assume the President is clamping down on California dispensaries for political...
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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
California Three Strikes Reform Initiative Poised to Win

California Three Strikes Reform Initiative Poised to Win

12:00pm In 1998, Bernice Cubie got caught with $10 worth of cocaine. Since it was her third offense, although she had never hurt anyone, she was...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

04:14pm The federal rescheduling petition got a day in court, the feds keep up the pressure in California, a dispensary may actually open in New Jersey,...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Aaron Sandusky Found Guilty: Judge, “California State Law Does Not Exist Here”

Aaron Sandusky Found Guilty: Judge, “California State Law Does Not Exist Here”

Aaron Sandusky was found guilty on two charges Friday: conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants and of intent to distribute 1,000 marijuana plants. The judge prohibited California’s medical marijuana laws...
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October 12, 2012
10/12/2012
City of Oakland Fights Back Against Federal Medical Marijuana Asset Forfeiture Campaign

City of Oakland Fights Back Against Federal Medical Marijuana Asset Forfeiture Campaign

Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker and San Francisco law firm Morrison & Foerster announced yesterday that the City of Oakland filed a lawsuit in United States District...
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October 11, 2012
10/11/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.10.10)

Initiative Watch (2012.10.10)

08:06pm There’s less than a month to go, but some initiatives are more active than others. Arkansas Both the Arkansas Issue 5 campaign and the opposition...
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October 11, 2012
10/11/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.10)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.10)

07:19pm The big news this week is that Oakland is suing the feds over their efforts to shut down Harborside. Meanwhile, the battles continue at the...
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October 11, 2012
10/11/2012
Appellate Court to Hear Landmark Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Today in San Diego

Appellate Court to Hear Landmark Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Today in San Diego

Appellate court oral arguments are set to occur Thursday in a widely watched medical marijuana dispensary case that raises the question of what defines a legitimate dispensary....
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October 10, 2012
10/10/2012
Clovis, California Rejects Medical Marijuana Growing Ban

Clovis, California Rejects Medical Marijuana Growing Ban

A California Central Valley city has rejected a ban on medical marijuana growing, but it has tightened the rules.
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October 9, 2012
10/09/2012
Two More Drug War Deaths — Border Patrol Involved in Both

Two More Drug War Deaths — Border Patrol Involved in Both

07:16pm A San Diego housewife and an Arizona Border Patrol agent were both killed in recent, separate incidents involving drug law enforcement. Housewife Valeria Tachiquin-Alvarado and...
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October 9, 2012
10/09/2012
Federal Trial Against Medical Marijuana Provider Set to Begin in LA

Federal Trial Against Medical Marijuana Provider Set to Begin in LA

The operator of three state-compliant medical marijuana dispensaries will be tried in federal court this week in Los Angeles. Aaron Sandusky, 42, who operated facilities in Upland,...
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October 8, 2012
10/08/2012
More San Diegans May Get To Vote On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

More San Diegans May Get To Vote On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

California voters in Lemon Grove, Del Mar, Solana Beach and Imperial Beach will weigh in on dispensaries next month. Voters in Encinitas will face the issue in...
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