Lake Forest MMJ Patients Bring the Fight!

LAKE FOREST – Michael Hawkins, an Army veteran stricken with a double-fist-sized brain tumor, pleaded with the City Council to reconsider its stance toward the medical marijuana dispensaries that operated in Lake Forest

San Diego Leads Crackdown on Dispensaries

The four U.S. attorneys in California are expected to hold a news conference Friday announcing a crackdown on landlords and property owners of medical marijuana dispensaries.

Seattle to Tax and Regulate Dispensaries

A Big Step Forward in WA

Washington -- The city of Seattle plans to start taxing and licensing medical marijuana operations like any other business, in response to changes in state law that have left the industry in a legal morass.

Lawsuits “just say no” to Dispensary Lottery

Dispensaries sue to keep lottery at bay

The 21 dispensaries suing the city are among those the City Council let operate when it adopted a moratorium on new stores in 2007. The city's first ordinance would have allowed them to stay open if they complied with restrictions on locations. But a judge ruled that key aspects of the law were unconstitutional, and the City Council passed a second ordinance that relies on a random drawing to select 100 dispensaries.

Dispensaries in Dana Point stay open…for now

She was born with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and blindness, and has sued Dana Point to keep the city from closing Beach Cities Collective, the establishment from which her family obtains marijuana to manage her pain.

2 Marijuana Dispensary Workers Killed in LA (via LATimes)

Connection between the two murders?

The first robbery occurred at 4:15 p.m. on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park. The second at 9:15 p.m. a few miles away on El Centro Avenue in Hollywood. The killings come as Los Angeles authorities are in the process of cracking down on pot businesses, resulting in the closure of dozens of the outlets. LAPD sources told The Times that detectives were looking at all possibilities, but stressed they were not sure if the two crimes were linked. The victims at both locations were shot, they said, but a knife might have also been used in one of them.

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Lake Forest to Close

New Court Ruling Puts MMJ Dispensaries in the Cross-Hairs

LAKE FOREST – A Superior Court judge issued a ruling Wednesday allowing Lake Forest to shut down all medical marijuana dispensaries.