Last week was a relatively tame one for the medical marijuana industry, with only a trickle of negative news instead of the typical flood. In California, Sacramento County supervisors voted to effectively ban dispensaries from unincorporated areas of the region....
As New Mexico's fledgling medical marijuana program grows at a rapid clip, a top state health official is looking to create a new division responsible for overseeing MMJ licensing, regulation and enforcement. Dr. Catherine Torres, secretary of Health and Human...
Medical cannabis professionals operating on the up-and-up can breathe a sigh of relief. Sort of. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder indicated once again that the federal government is not interested in going after medical marijuana dispensaries and related...
Add another twist to the ongoing medical cannabis saga in Arizona. On Wednesday, entrepreneurs hoping to start pot dispensaries in the state turned to a judge for help in galvanizing Arizona's MMJ industry, which has been in a holding pattern for months. Lawyers...
Electronic cigarettes have been a godsend for thousands of nicotine fiends across the United States, providing a new way to puff without the smoke, smell and serious health consequences. Now, an MMJ company is hoping to do the same for patients who smoke pot to ease...
The eight remaining medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas of Sacramento County will have to close up shop under a controversial zoning code change. All but one supervisor voted in favor of tweaking zoning codes to expressly prohibit any "land use...
Last week, an independent research institute in Germany released a report by two university economics professors showing that deaths from traffic accidents have actually declined 9% in states that passed medical marijuana regulations.
Sacramento County supervisors will consider an outright ban on medical marijuana dispensaries this afternoon, a move that would effectively knock out the staggering, stumbling MMJ industry in unincorporated areas of the region. According to Americans for Safe Access,...
A work group tasked with examining potential medical pot laws in Maryland has come up with a novel – and controversial – idea: Let universities handle the task of dispensing marijuana.
What the heck is happening in California? I find myself asking that question on a regular basis. Its future seems to get gloomier all the time, what with the series of raids, court rulings and dispensary bans as of late. And last week was no exception. A judge ruled...
What the heck is happening in California? Its future seems to get gloomier all the time, what with the series of raids, court rulings and dispensary bans as of late. Last week was no exception. A judge ruled that the U.S. government can continue its crackdown on MMJ...
Two years ago, L.A. Weekly took on the unenviable task of counting all the medical marijuana centers in Los Angeles. Until that point, getting an accurate number proved to be an elusive task given the lack of MMJ regulations and industry oversight by the city.
