July 7 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Federal Marijuana Issues, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Medical Marijuana
California has long been one of the most forward-thinking states in regards to marijuana. California became the first state to legalize its use for patients who needed the drug to treat conditions like seizures and cancer in 1996. Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act, decriminal...
June 29 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Federal Marijuana Issues, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana has been legal in California for almost 20 years now thanks to the California Compassionate Use Act and Proposition 215. Despite this, many people still have a number of misconceptions about how this act applies and when, including patients and law enforcement alike. This has been ...
May 21 2015 in Federal Marijuana Issues
If you know anything about medical marijuana dispensary regulations in California, you probably are aware of how patchwork the current local regulations are. The rules governing a provider of medical marijuana in one jurisdiction may be very different than the rules in another just a few blocks away...
April 22 2015 in Federal Marijuana Issues
Why Prop 47 Came to Be? In 2011 the State of California was mandated by the federal government to fix the overcrowding of state prisons and jails by the end of 2013 (New York Times, 2015). By the end of 2013 overcrowding was still an issue with more than 10,000 prison and jail inmates needing to be...
September 3 2013 in Federal Marijuana Issues
Recently, I’ve had a rash of phone calls from people who have been stopped on military bases in San Diego, usually as part of a traffic stop, and then cited for possession of marijuana. Most of these people are qualified patients who forgot that they had medical marijuana in their cars, or drove o...
August 23 2013 in Federal Marijuana Issues
Recently, the United States Department of Justice released a new memo by Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, offering guidance to U.S. Attorneys nationwide on when, how, and whether to use their resources to go after those in the medical cannabis industry and those who will be in the recreationa...
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