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L.A. To Consider Complete Dispensary Ban At Tuesday Meeting

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 28, 2012 Dispensaries, Legislation, News

Here we go again. A marijuana dispensary ban will be considered at Los Angeles City Hall tomorrow, Tuesday, May 29. The L.A. City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) committee will look at the proposed ban.

“A complete obliteration of Los Angeles’ famous and numerous pot shops is on the table,” writes Dennis Romero at the LA Weekly.

The committee will consider two options:

• A “gentle ban” proposed by Councilman Paul Koretz, who claims its a “more reasonable” approach through which L.A. proceeds with a ban on dispensaries, but uses “prosecutorial discretion” to abstain from enforcement actions against dispensaries deemed not to be in violation of a set of City Council-imposed “restrictions.”

Medical Marijuana Mistrial: Judge Dismisses Refiling Of Charges

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 25, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, News

San Diego Americans for Safe Access

Dexter Padilla, left, shown with his wife Mariesol, saw the case against him dismissed after a mistrial on Thursday

Another devastating blow to San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ fierce fight against medical marijuana patients; Judge Laura Parsky declares a mistrial after the jury was hopelessly deadlocked

By Eugene Davidovich

San Diego Americans for Safe Access

On May 16, 12 jurors and two alternates were selected in the trial of San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis v. Dexter Padilla, Navy veteran, medical marijuana patient and president of Therapeutic Healing, a San Diego based non profit medical marijuana coop.

Landmark Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ruling Prevails

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 24, 2012 Dispensaries, Legislation, News

Marylanders 4 Safe Access

People v. Colvin Affirms That Dispensing Collective Members Are Not Required To Help Cultivate Their Marijuana

The absurd specter of seriously ill medical marijuana patients being forced to work in the fields for their medicine has been dispelled. In a major victory for the community, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied review of an important dispensary case out of Los Angeles. Rejecting calls from State Attorney General Kamala Harris and law enforcement to review the Court of Appeal ruling in People v. Colvin, the Court upheld certain protections for medical marijuana patients and providers.

Cannabis Lab Intros New Online Features For Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 24, 2012 Dispensaries, Products

BudGenius.com

The company’s newest product, MenuGenius, is a free menu for displaying tested and non-tested medicine in an interactive format

BudGenius.com, an online medical marijuana testing and laboratory system, has upgraded its cannabis strain management features and online services. According to the company, clients using its testing services are given a marketing edge with new online tools for more efficient strain management.

BudGenius has also opened their system to all dispensaries and mobile cannabis delivery services nationwide. All cannabis professionals can now sign up for free accounts to utilize free marketing tools to improve their businesses. Clients that choose to test their medicine with BudGenius are given additional features.

The company’s newest product, MenuGenius, is also fully integrated into the new client services area. Cannabis professionals are invited to take advantage of this free menu for displaying tested and non-tested medicine in an interactive format on all websites and forums. MenuGenius is best utilized by dispensaries and delivery services to attract new patients, service current patients, and lower website development costs.

Court: Disabled Rights Not Violated By Pot Dispensary Shutdowns

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 21, 2012 Dispensaries, News

Stoel Rives World of Employment

A federal appeals court on Monday decided that when cities shut down medical marijuana dispensaries, doing so does not violate the federally protected rights of disabled people.

A three-judge panel on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by severely disabled Californians who were authorized by their doctors to use cannabis, reports Maura Dolan at the Los Angeles Times.

The patients had sued the Orange County, California cities of Costa Mesa and Lake Forest, charging that the cities’ attempts to shutter medicinal cannabis dispensaries violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination based on disability.

The 9th Circuit ruled that federal law does not protect the use of drugs banned by the federal government.

“We recognize that the plaintiffs are gravely ill,” wrote Judge Raymond C. Fisher, a Clinton appointee, for the court.

The patients’ attempt to win legal protection involves “not only their right to live comfortably, but also their basic human dignity,” Judge Fisher wrote, and “California has embraced marijuana as an effective treatment for debilitating pain.”

One Year Later, Medical Marijuana At A Standstill In Delaware

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 21, 2012 Dispensaries, Legislation, Medical

The California Pot Blog

Hundreds of Delaware residents suffering from serious health problems thought a year ago when Gov. Jack Markell signed the state’s medical marijuana law that they were on the verge of finally being legally allowed to use the herb to treat nausea and pain. But they’re still waiting for safe access to cannabis — and are becoming more disappointed and frustrated by the day.

Many doctors, who must write the recommendations which authorize medicinal cannabis use, are reluctant to give their approval, and the state is in a stalemate with the federal government over plants for distributing marijuana, reports Doug Denison at Delaware Online.

The reluctance of Delaware’s medical community to embrace marijuana come from two main sources, Denison reports: Some physicians just aren’t convinced that cannabis is an effective treatment, while others worry that they could get in legal trouble if they authorize patients to use the substance, since it is federally classified as a Schedule I drug. (If they were lawyers instead of doctors, they’d realize that question has already been addressed and resolved by the Supreme Court in the Conant v. Walters case.)

Oregon U.S. Attorney: ‘I Don’t Care About Medical Marijuana’

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 21, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, News

United States Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon

U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall: “I don’t care about medical marijuana”

Oregon’s new federal prosecutor said that while she’s “concerned” about the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, she’s not going to prioritize going after medicinal cannabis providers.

“People say, ‘You’re the U.S. Attorney; are you going to go after medical marijuana?’ No, I’m not,” Amanda Marshall told Nigel Duara of The Associated Press. “I don’t care about medical marijuana.”

Marshall’s office estimates the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon as at least 100, most of which are in the Portland metro area. Her predecessor in 2010 joined his counterparts in other medical marijuana states in sending warning letters which threatened medical marijuana providers and their landlords with civil asset forfeiture if they continued to operate.

Marshall told the AP that Oregon’s medical marijuana law itself isn’t so much the problem as is the “lack of oversight” of medicinal cannabis grows and distribution.

Her backing away from the Obama Administration’s crackdown on medical marijuana may have been at least partially inspired by the political fate of former interim Oregon U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton, who had criticized the state’s medicinal cannabis program as a “train wreck.”

Marijuana Provider’s Defense Sets Tuesday Press Conference

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 21, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, News

San Diego Americans for Safe Access

A press conference on behalf of Navy veteran and medical marijuana patient/provider Dexter Padilla has been set for Tuesday, May 22, at 12:30 p.m., in front of the Hall of Justice at 330 West Broadway, San Diego, California. The press conference was arranged by the San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access.

A jury was selected last week and Padilla’s marijuana trafficking trial began on May 16 in Department 27 of San Diego Superior Court for the Honorable Laura Parsky.

Throughout the last week, the prosecution presented its side in the criminal trial of District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis v. Padilla, a Navy veteran, medical cannabis patient and president of Therapeutic Healing Collective (THC), a San Diego-based nonprofit medical marijuana cooperative.

The prosecution’s entire case consisted of two witnesses from D.A. Dumanis’ Cross Jurisdiction Task Force. The Task Force, which is strongly supported by Dumanis, was formed to commandeer local law enforcement in an effort to help the federal government circumvent California’s medical marijuana laws.

DEA Agent Implicated In Marijuana Trial Records Theft

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 17, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, News

FederalJack.com

By Eugene Davidovich

San Diego Americans for Safe Access

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis presses on with the state trial of a medical marijuana patient in full compliance with California law — even after the feds refuse to prosecute and court records show the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s involvement in theft of attorney-client records.

Twelve jurors and two alternates were selected on Wednesday in Department 27 of San Diego Superior Court, officially starting the criminal trial of Dexter Padilla, a Navy veteran, medical marijuana patient and president of Therapeutic Healing, a San Diego-based non profit medical marijuana coop.

Rhode Island Senate To Vote On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 9, 2012 Dispensaries, Legislation

GoLocalProv

The Rhode Island Senate is set to decide on a compromise designed to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to open in the state.

A vote on the legislation has been scheduled for Wednesday, reports The Associated Press. The House is considering a similar bill.

Lawmakers authorized the safe access points so patients in the state’s medicinal cannabis program could have a state-regulated place to get their medication.

But Gov. Lincoln Chafee blocked the three authorized dispensaries from opening last year after the state’s U.S. Attorney threatened they could face criminal prosecution for violating federal drug laws. Marijuana is illegal for any purpose under the federal Uniform Controlled Substances Act as a Schedule I drug.

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