State begins crackdown on black market marijuana retailers, starting in Costa Mesa
Uncategorized August 28, 2018
State authorities teamed up with local police to shut down an unlicensed marijuana shop in Costa Mesa, in what regulators say is the first of many coordinated efforts to target California’s massive black market for cannabis. The bust signals a clear shift, with the state moving from issuing warnings... Read more
Man sentenced to 4 life terms in kidnap, torture and mutilation of marijuana dispensary owner
CaliforniaUncategorized July 23, 2018
SANTA ANA – A Fountain Valley man was sentenced Friday to four life terms in prison, two without the possibility of parole, for his role in kidnapping, torturing and sexually mutilating a marijuana-dispensary owner in 2012 and abducting a woman as well. Orange County Superior Court jurors earlier this... Read more
Israeli medical marijuana researchers to open first U.S. clinic in Laguna Woods
Medical MarijuanaUncategorized July 13, 2018
Israel has been, for decades, the global leader in medical marijuana research and treatment, with the government funding human clinical trials even as the United States and other countries discouraged or criminalized such studies. Alon Blatt with NiaMedic, the Israeli company behind a medical clinic in Laguna Woods that... Read more
La Palma City Council drops idea of allowing some marijuana-related businesses
CaliforniaMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsUS Marijuana News June 27, 2018
La Palma might be small, but its citizens were loud and clear Tuesday night: They don’t want their city to become what one resident described as “the pot capital of northwest Orange County.” Citizens overflowed the City Council Chambers, some having to sit in an adjoining room, to oppose... Read more
