Patient advocates respond with Sacramento press conference, during a lobby day for statewide regulations with a coalition of patient advocates, labor and industry, and other stakeholders By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access The California Supreme Court ruled today in the case City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center that local [...]
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With public opinion favoring medical marijuana at an all-time high, will the CA Supreme Court’s expected ruling this Monday reflect the same? By Lauren Payne | May 4, 2013 The California Supreme Court issued a case notification on Friday stating that they’d be filing the final decision in City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients [...]
With Southern California cities closing down medical cannabis dispensaries, people like David are losing safe access to the medicine they need By Sam Sabzehzar | April 27, 2013 David has been a medical marijuana patient ever since his primary physician recommended he try it, and has experienced a much better quality of life. Currently, there [...]
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Patients who are terminally ill, have impaired mobility or simply lack the space, deserve a safe, local and well-regulated facility By Eugene Davidovich | Published in UT San Diego Seventeen years after California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 215, many prohibitionists have distorted the law and voters’ intent, claiming “medical marijuana” was only supposed to be [...]
By Claire Kaufmann | Published in SeattlePI.com I’m a parent and overall I’d like to believe I’m a half decent one. My kids are well adjusted, they go to great schools and I work my butt off to ensure I am guiding them to be their highest and best. Since I’ve started working in the [...]
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Mayor Filner Proposed 2% tax, 5k annual licensing fee, and collectives / cooperatives in limited commercial and industrial zones By Eugene Davidovich | Published in SafeAccessSD.org Over the years, medical marijuana patients in San Diego have endured a lack of representation in local governments, raids, lawsuits, eradication efforts, federal interference, and outright misinformation about the issue. Fortunately, [...]
By Aaron Justis Dispensaries that provide safe access to medical cannabis are still relatively new to the business world, creating some unique challenges for the MMJ industry as a whole. Nowhere is this more evident than when it comes to winning over locals and influencing the political process. Older, established industries have been regulated by [...]
With the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana approaching their 20th year, making it the country’s oldest medical cannabis collective, Medical Marijuana 411 shares in their celebration by featuring Founder and Executive Director of WAMM Valerie Corral By Sam Sabzehzar | March 18, 2013 Founded in 1993, the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) is the [...]
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L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, a cancer patient, says ‘life is now worth living’ thanks to his weed regimen. But his story also illustrates the pitfalls of a patchwork DIY system. By Gale Holland | Published in the Los Angeles Times Bill Rosendahl lifts his walker over the threshold and carries it into the grow [...]
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By Peter Schworm and Kay Lazar | Published in Boston.com The state attorney general’s office struck down a medical marijuana dispensary ban out of Wakefield, Massachusetts, ruling that towns can regulate, but not prohibit the centers under state law. Such bans would frustrate the purpose of the medical marijuana law, passed by referendum last fall, [...]
