Dispensaries

Denver Pot Dispensaries Have Five Days To Get A License

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 22, 2010 Dispensaries, Legislation

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver have only five days to apply for a city-required specific dispensary license.

Under Denver City Council Bill 34, the pot shops must have a city sales-tax license and also must apply for a specific dispensary license by March 1, reports Patricia Calhoun in Westword.

DEA And Police Raid California Pot Dispensary For Third Time

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 18, 2010 Dispensaries, News

Photo: The Last Free Voice

This was the scene left by DEA agents after the 2008 raid at Organica. The collective was raided again in 2009 and again Thursday.

Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Sarah Pullen has confirmed the DEA is serving warrants at Organica Collective, a marijuana dispensary in Culver City, California.

Culver City police also participated in the raid, reports Amina Khan at the Los Angeles Times.

Witnesses saw several officers and cars congregating around 10 a.m. Thursday around Organica Collective at 13456 Washington Boulevard.

At least three people were detained, according to witness Erin Olf, officer manager at Rainbow Acres Natural Foods, a neighboring business. Olf said she saw the three handcuffed and standing in front of a graffiti-covered storage truck.

San Diego Dispensary Asks Cops To Return Its Marijuana

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 18, 2010 Dispensaries, Legislation, Medical

Graphic: Last Blog on Earth

The defense team for a San Diego medical marijuana collective manager is requesting the return of several pounds of cannabis and all other property seized in a 2008 raid after Jovan Jackson was acquitted of all pot charges.

During their “investigation” of Answerdam Collective, law enforcement agents “confiscated” computers, business records, and several pounds of medical marijuana, reports Eugene Davidovich of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) San Diego.

Dispensary owner Jackson is a medical marijuana patient, Navy veteran, and the victim of two “Operation Green Rx” raids, part of San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’s quixotic and misguided war against medical marijuana patients and providers.

Santa Barbara Police Raid Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 18, 2010 Dispensaries, News

Santa Barbara Police and other local law enforcement agencies Wednesday raided several medical marijuana dispensaries in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, California.

As of 5 p.m. Wednesday evening, the operation was still underway, according to keyt.com.

Authorities were very tight lipped about the raids, but said “lots of marijuana was confiscated.”

Patient Advocates Argue Against Marijuana Dispensary Ban

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 16, 2010 Dispensaries, Legislation, News

Photo: Laurie Avocado

Are California cities legally allowed to ban medical marijuana dispensaries? We may soon find out.

Legal briefs were filed Tuesday by patient advocates Americans for Safe Access (ASA) and California State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) in an appellate court case that is expected to decide whether local governments can ban storefront distribution of medical marijuana.

Long Beach Pot Dispensaries Demand Equal Time

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 12, 2010 Dispensaries, Legislation

Photo: Long Beach Marijuana Collective

The Long Beach, California City Council is moving towards passing rules for medical marijuana businesses, but some local dispensaries are worried that the balance is shifting too far in the direction of unnecessary regulation, like the ordinance recently passed in Los Angeles.

Carl Kemp, of the Kemp Group, which represents about 10 local dispensaries, said that supporters of medical marijuana collectives haven’t been allowed enough time for discussion and presentation with the City Council, reports Ryan ZumMallen at LBPost.com.

Pot Dispensary Owner Defies Judge, Posts Bail

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 11, 2010 Dispensaries, Medical, News

Graphic: Doc Herbalist

The owner of a Fresno medical marijuana dispensary posted $5,000 bail and got out of jail Wednesday after he promised to show back up in Fresno County Superior Court for his arraignment on charges of violating a court order to stop selling pot.

Rick Morse, owner of the Medmar dispensary, was held in jail without bail following his Tuesday arrest on misdemeanor charges of selling marijuana after two judges ordered him not to do it, reports Pablo Lopez at The Fresno Bee.

Judge Donald Franson Jr. on Wednesday granted Morse’s request for bail so he could hire a lawyer for his February 18 arraignment.

Morse, 48, was defiant when he appeared in shackles at his first court appearance. He laughed when Judge Franson read him his rights and outlined the criminal charges against him.

Pot Dispensaries Again Try To Keep Patient Records Secret

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 11, 2010 Dispensaries, Legislation

Graphic: Addo Gaudium

Lawyers for five Dana Point, California medical marijuana dispensaries are asking an appeals court to reinstate their motion to avoid turning over company records, including financial data and patients’ names, to the city under a subpoena.

The Fourth District Court of Appeals has given the dispensaries until Tuesday to file a petition for an “extraordinary writ,” for which the pot shops are seeking an extension, reports Vik Jolly at The Orange County Register.

In its January 29 order, which took at least one dispensary attorney by surprise, the court found that the appeal in the “case is not from an appealable order” and deemed it an “extraordinary writ” petition.

That petition requires the pot shops to show that an Orange County Superior Court judge abused her discretion in issuing an order to enforce the city subpoena, according to attorney Lee Petros for the Point Alternative Care dispensary.

Thank You, Officer: Sheriff Gives Man His 4 Pounds Of Pot Back

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 11, 2010 Dispensaries, Medical, News

Photo: Bryant Anderson/The Daily Triplicate

Sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Morris last year displayed some of the four pounds of marijuana seized during a traffic stop. On Friday, the pot was returned to its owner.

Daniel Sosa went to Crescent City, California last Friday to pick up four pounds of marijuana.

He had a 2 p.m. appointment to pick up the stuff — at the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office.

“It seemed weird,” Sosa said. “I was worried they were going to arrest me again.”

If the pot looked familiar to Sosa, it was because it was the same weed that had been confiscated from him a year ago, during a routine traffic stop, reports Kurt Madar of The Daily Triplicate.

N.M. Marijuana Dispensary Drops Cancer Patient For Complaining

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 10, 2010 Dispensaries, Medical

Graphic: Reason.com

A New Mexico medical marijuana patient battling cancer has been dropped by a state-licensed dispensary after he voiced his frustrations with the cannabis provider to the press.

Robert Jones, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, has been a qualified medical marijuana patient since November 2007, just after the state-licensed program began — but he has yet to get his hands on any medical marijuana.

When Jones spoke of his frustrations to the Santa Fe Reporter for a story last August, his licensed grower, Santa Fe Institute of Natural Medicine, terminated Jones’ membership, reports Alexa Schirtzinger.

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