We all know what a mess California’s medical marijuana regulations are, unless we are in denial about it. The city of Los Angeles now has 3 different medical marijuana regulation measures up for a public vote next week. Measure D seems to be favored, it is supported by both mayoral... Read More »
More DEA raids in Los Angeles, federal prison bureaucrats ignore a Michigan medical marijuana prisoner’s medical needs, and there is lots of action in state legislatures. Let’s get to it: California On Monday, a hearing on a Lake County lawsuit challenging the county’s cultivation ordinance was postponed when the judge hearing... Read More »
Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles mayoral frontrunner and councilman, has been calling on the federal government to reclassify marijuana and finally accept the fact that marijuana has medicinal properties. “I think the federal government should do that swiftly and end some of that hypocrisy on the use of marijuana as a medicine” Garcetti told Huffington Post.
San Jose has 106 pot clinics, more than four times the number in San Francisco and twice as many per square mile as LA. Marijuana use is “extremely common” among tech workers, said Mark Johnson, 34, chief executive officer of Zite in San Francisco.
From the village board to the halls of Congress, medical marijuana is popping up all over. And there’s action at various state houses, too. Let’s get to it: National Last weekend, Americans for Safe Access hosted the National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference in Washington, DC. The conference featured numerous panelists, as... Read More »
High Times has a great photo gallery of the winners from their 2013 Medical Cannabis Cup in Los Angeles. Tanj by Reserva Privada won Best Sativa, Godfather OG by Alpha Medic won Best Indica, and Girl Scout Cookies by Life Is Good (pictured) won Best Hybrid. Take a look at the winners for best concentrate, hash and edibles as well.
A Seattle Kmart was surprised to receive a package containing 10 pounds of marijuana. The package was originally sent from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. For some reason, the marijuana was not delivered to the intended address, and was sent to the return address, the Seattle Kmart.
The agonizingly slow pace of implementing medical marijuana laws is causing problems in several states, while in California, the never-ending battles continue. Let’s get to it: Arizona Last Thursday, dispensary operators asked lawmakers to crack down on compassion clubs, unregulated businesses that seek a “fee” from patients who seek to... Read More »
A coalition of California medical marijuana groups has abandoned support of their own measure in favor of a very similar one backed by the L.A. City Council. The primary difference between the measures is the new rate of sales tax in the city-backed medical marijuana measure.
Voters in Los Angeles will have three medical cannabis measures from which to choose when they go to the polls in May. The City Council approved a motion (11-1) by Council Member Paul Koretz on Wednesday instructing the City Attorney to write a voter initiative regulating collectives and cooperatives and raising... Read More »
