Councilman wants committee member ousted for not supporting marijuana ban
CaliforniaUncategorized July 23, 2018
Riverside City Councilman Steve Adams is demanding the removal of Planning Commission Chairman Maartin Rossouw after Rossouw refused to vote for a ban on most marijuana uses. Adams strongly supports the city’s ban on marijuana uses — including outdoor grows and dispensaries — that the City Council approved July... 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
In some regions of California, former vineyards are being converted to cannabis farms, wine conferences are having sessions about marijuana, and an up-and-coming job is cannabis sommelier. While the wine and marijuana industries are similar in some ways, blending those worlds isn’t always easy. Winegrowers and cannabis cultivators increasingly... Read more
A former field representative for Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn during her days in Congress was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for bribery and attempted extortion after demanding and accepting $5,000 to prevent the closure of a Compton marijuana shop. Michael Kimbrew, 45, of Santa... 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
Opinion: Riverside City Council commits to the folly of marijuana prohibition
CaliforniaUncategorized July 12, 2018
On Tuesday, the Riverside City Council voted 4 to 3 to prohibit marijuana businesses in the city. In doing so, the Riverside City Council made clear that it is incapable of properly representing the will of the public on marijuana policy. Most Riverside voters supported Proposition 64 in 2016,... Read more
Whittier council nips talks to legalize medical marijuana dispensaries
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized July 12, 2018
Whittier leaders considered Tuesday reversing the city’s ban on medical marijuana dispensaries; but much to the dismay of a dozen pro-cannabis residents who stayed until 11 p.m. for the discussion, the City Council decided to nix the subject. “We are no longer living in a time of reefer madness... Read more
Hemet voters could face three cannabis-related initiatives on the November ballot after the City Council on Tuesday, July 10, decided to create its own measure to combat two other proposed measures. One measure to legalize marijuana-related businesses has already qualified for the ballot and a second has been proposed.... Read more
Riverside permanently bans marijuana dispensaries, outdoor growing
CaliforniaUncategorized July 11, 2018
No marijuana dispensaries, no commercial marijuana cultivation and no outdoor growing of marijuana will be allowed in Riverside, the City Council decided Tuesday, July 10. The permanent ban is set to go into effect Aug. 24, about two weeks before the city’s temporary moratorium with similar prohibitions expires. The... Read more
Mojave Desert town Newberry Springs among new marijuana-growing meccas vexing law enforcement
Uncategorized July 6, 2018
NEWBERRY SPRINGS — Along a dusty dirt road in this Mojave Desert outpost 20 miles east of Barstow, U.S. postal worker Jessica Garcia stopped at the few houses dotting Morgan Lane and unloaded packages from the back of her 4-wheel-drive Jeep Wrangler. On this day, the pungent odor of... Read more
