Judge: California child can take cannabis drug to school
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized September 24, 2018
SANTA ROSA (AP) — A California kindergartner can keep bringing a cannabis-based drug used for emergency treatment of a rare form of epilepsy to her public school, a judge ruled Friday. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reported that a judge sided with the family of 5-year-old Brooke Adams. In this... Read more
Martinez council leery about letting marijuana business operate in same building as ‘youth center’
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized September 24, 2018
MARTINEZ — Though most City Council members said Wednesday they’re OK with having a medical marijuana dispensary in town, they noted that putting one next to a gym visited primarily by children and teens may not be a great idea. The council postponed deciding whether to grant operating permits... Read more
Top Seven Deadly “Don’t Knows” for California Cannabis Businesses
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 20, 2018
So many questions. We’re still in the early days of the complete roll out of the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”) in California. Currently, the only rules in play are the readopted emergency rules that are still full of ambiguities and unknowns, which will hopefully... Read more
Federal Court Sides with Employee in Medical Marijuana Case
Medical MarijuanaUncategorized September 18, 2018
Nice job by the court. As a general rule of thumb, employers are not allowed to discriminate against employees with disabilities. Both federal and state laws provide this protection. This means that an employer cannot take an adverse employment action against an employee because of the employee’s disability. Again,... Read more
State Legal Cannabis in 2018: Status Report (Part II)
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 12, 2018
Last week, we discussed New Jersey, Oklahoma, Michigan, and Virginia’s recent legislative and/or referendum developments in ending marijuana prohibition. Today, we look at the three other states that will decide the fate of recreational and medical marijuana locally during the November election. North Dakota Last month, North Dakota’s recreational... Read more
Buyer Beware: Buying and Selling Los Angeles Marijuana Dispensaries Under Proposition M
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 11, 2018
Be careful! It’s easy to slip up under Proposition M. I’ve written in the past about the precarious business of buying and selling existing dispensaries in Los Angeles, but that was under the now repealed Proposition D. In March of 2017, Angelenos voted in favor of Proposition M, which... Read more
State Legal Cannabis in 2018: Status Report
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 7, 2018
Great progress so far in 2018. The path to marijuana public reforms is inevitable. According to recent surveys, 64 percent of Americans favor the legalization of marijuana and roughly 90 percent support its legal use for medical purposes. This growing popularity of cannabis has been reflected in recent legislative... Read more
Los Angeles Cannabis: Don’t Forget Your Social Equity Business Agreements
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized September 1, 2018
Written agreement strongly recommended. Applicants who qualify for commercial cannabis licensure during Phase II of the City of L.A.’s cannabis licensing process only have until September 13 to get their applications into the Department of Cannabis Regulation (“DCR”). This phase of licensing is reserved for existing, non-retail, social equity... Read more
Medical marijuana users left in limbo as co-op struggles to regroup, reopen
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized August 27, 2018
SANTA CRUZ – Kaia was 11 months old when she began seizing. The episodes quickly became more frequent and severe, and doctor’s eventually diagnosed the infant with a rare genetic disorder called Dravet Syndrome. But despite a cocktail of prescribed medications, her condition continued to worsen, according to her... Read more
We are not convinced by the HIDTA report. Earlier this month, Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, responded to a recent federal report on drug policy in Oregon by calling the state’s cannabis program “out of control.” The report in question was published by the Oregon-Idaho... Read more
