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May 11, 2012
Cartels Say Thank You To OC's Medical Marijuana Crackdown!
This week has been full of crappy news for advocates of medical marijuana here in Orange County. First, there was the failed effort by U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) to amend the Justice Department's spending bill by preventing funding for the federal crackdown of medical mar ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2012
Better Call Glew: Can I Fly the Friendly Skies With a Bag of Weed?
Jay BrockmanWhat are some of the safest places to hide evidence?First of all it is against the law for anyone to advise or assist you in any way to hide evidence of any crime. My best piece of advice to you is to hire a full time attorney and bail bondsmen because you my friend are going to ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Garden Grove Suspends Registration of Marijuana Dispensaries
Bruce BroadwaterWith the city of Anaheim reportedly cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries, neighboring Garden Grove, which has a ban on pot clubs but last year allowed ones already operating as of June 30, now enjoys the dubious distinction of being Orange County's pot capital. Don't te ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
Rand Study On Medical Pot Among Year's Worst, Scientific American Says
Remember that Rand Corporation study from earlier this year that claimed crime actually increased in L.A. neighborhoods where cops closed medical marijuana dispensaries? The one that forgot to include crime statistics compiled by the Los Angeles Police Department?? The one that Rand had to retrac ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Garden Grove, Pot Capital of California?
There's an interesting story in today's Los Angeles Times titled "Cities Seek an Antidote to Medical Marijuana." The story, by Jessica Garrison, surveys how towns throughout California are trying to navigate the dizzying conflict between state law, which says its okay for residents to cultivate a ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
[UPDATED W/Official Rand Corp. Retraction] Closing Marijuana Dispensaries Actually Increases Crime, Rand Study Finds
UPDATED Oct. 25, 11:30 A.M: Two weeks after lifting the report from its website, Rand Corporation, the research organization that helped crunch body count numbers during the Vietnam War has officially retracted its study from last month that claimed crime increased near medical marijuana dispensa ... More >>
News
October 20, 2011
Obama's War On Weed
In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Obama Administration Threatens to Prosecute Media For Marijuana Ads
Design By Brian StaufferAnybody know what the hell is going on with Barack Obama?You know, the guy who admitted before becoming president that he was a college stoner and whose Justice Department initially acted like that it had better things to do than harass medical marijuana dispensaries?Seems ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2011
[UPDATED with Choice Chatter:] 3 Old Folks Hospitalized for Unwittingly Eating Pot Brownies at Surf City Funeral
UPDATE, OCT. 11, 12:32 P.M.: Someone leaving a comment on the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) Facebook page, which broke the news about three elderly folks being rushed to the emergency room after unknowingly eating brownies laced with marijuana at a funeral, claims a woman was arrested ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2011
Robbers Snatch $20,000 Worth of Medical Marijuana
A medical marijuana deliveryman was robbed of $20,000 worth of his meds Tuesday afternoon, Fullerton police say.The unidentified driver, who'd traveled all the way from Oakland, suffered a head cut during the crime but no serious injuries.
Blogs
July 21, 2011
Nurses Rally Against Government Healthcare and Social Security Cuts
Just to be clear, the more than 100 registered nurses huddled around Irvine's Civic Center Plaza at high noon today are not there to implant a conscious into Larry Agran. The RNs are joining community activists to rally against any cuts to Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid.
Blogs
July 15, 2011
Fullerton Cops Close Cannabis Club Near Elementary School
Apparently Derek Gonzalez didn't get the memo that the city of Fullerton doesn't allow medical marijuana dispensaries inside city limits. Whether or not he did, the 21-year-old owner of The Green Parrot, a medical marijuana dispensary in Fullerton, apparently didn't know it is also illegal to ope ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Three Innovative Young Companies at Anaheim Kush Expo
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyClick here to see more photos from Kush Expo .Green goodness was plentiful at the second annual Kush Expo at the Anahiem Convention Center this past weekend--the second within just eight months. Though no weed was sold on the premises, there were ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Brea Pot Club Shuttered, City Wins Latest Round in Medical Marijuana War
For the past six months, Brea city officials have been seeking to shut down a trio of medical marijuana clubs operating there in violation, the city argues, of a 2009 city law banning cannabis dispensaries. The clubs have appealed the law, claiming that it's in conflict with the 1996 Compassionat ... More >>
News
June 9, 2011
Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine Are Buds
The two thought they were doing the people of Long Beach a favor. Then they became targets in the city's weird war on weed
Blogs
May 27, 2011
Dana Rohrabacher Co-Sponsors Bill Saving Pot Clubs Cash
Everybody's favorite surfing congressman, Dana Rohrabacher, (R-Surf City), has co-authored legislation on Capitol Hill that would save medical marijuana dispensaries untold thousands of dollars per year in tax charges. We heard this amazing news courtesy of our Bay Area sister paper, the SF Weekl ... More >>
News
May 12, 2011
Medical Marijuana Clubs Getting Schooled?
The Montessori center next door is part of Lake Forest's latest effort to boot medical-marijuana dispensaries
News
April 14, 2011
Steele Smith: Prophet of Pot?
C3 Patient Association's head fancies himself a truth-teller in OC's medicinal-marijuana communtiy. And because of that, he just might be its most hated member
Blogs
April 11, 2011
WeedMaps Owner Expanding OC Headquarters
No, General Cannabis isn't a Jamaican dancehall singer. It's a Nevada-based technology company that owns Weedmaps.com, CannaCare.com and other medical marijuana related concerns. The company is currently headquartered in Costa Mesa, but according to a press release today, it just moved into new o ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2011
Pothead Discrimination Bill Up for Sac-Town Debate
Do you smoke weed?Do you have a doctor's note allowing you to smoke medical marijuana?Have you been fired, terminated, or otherwise discriminated against?Do you live in California? If you answered yes to those four questions, you may qualify for being interested in the fact that tomorrow morning, ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Arsenio Lamonte Collins Gets 54 Years to Life for Peeling Off 2 Shots in Failed Bid to Rob Pot Shop
A would-be bandit who was foiled in his attempt to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Laguna Niguel but managed to get off two shots from his handgun that missed the owner was sentenced Friday to 54 years to life in state prison.Arsenio Lamonte Collins, 21, of Los Angeles, had been convicted b ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
The Other Bong Drops as Supervisors Formally Ban Medical Marijuana Shops in Unincorporated OC
As expected, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to formally ban medical marijuana dispensaries, pot-delivery services and any sale or distribution of cannabis within unincorporated Orange County.As with the preliminary hearing on the ordinance, Supervisor Shawn Nelson cast the ... More >>
News
October 21, 2010
Prop. 19: More Than a Nickel Bag of Opinions
Six leading OC medical-marijuana and pot-legalization advocates leave no turn unstoned in examining the ballot initiative
News
September 30, 2010
The Cannabis Candidate
Dispensary owner and Costa Mesa City Council aspirant Sue Lester is ready to 'raise my hand and do what I can for what I think is right'
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Loving, Loathing, Ignoring Medical Pot Clinics
Several Orange County cities outright ban 'em, the County of Orange looks the other way at 'em and our neighbors in Long Beach hold lotteries to allow 'em.'em are medical marijuana dispensaries, and as California marches toward possible legalization of the devil's weed this November, existing cli ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Malinda Traudt, Blind, Wheelchair-Bound Woman's Medical Marijuana Appeal Proceeds
Now that an Orange County Superior Court judgment has been formally entered tossing out the lawsuit that claims the city of Dana Point's medical marijuana dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with Malinda Traudt's fundamental rights to life and safety under the California Constitution, th ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Pot Clinics Turn to Sacramento Lobbyist to Smooth Relations With Costa Mesa Officials
Medical marijuana clinic operators, who have not exactly received a welcome reception in Costa Mesa, have retained a Sacramento lobbyist in hopes of smoothing over their tense relationship.Medical Marijuana Providers Fight Back After Costa Mesa BustsBased on an introductory letter to Mayor Alan M ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
[UPDATED:] Judge's Ruling Tosses Blind Woman's Suit to Keep Her Pot Clinic Open
UPDATE: Orange County Superior Court Judge Nomoto Schumann stuck to her temporary ruling and issued a final judgment tossing the lawsuit aimed at keeping open the medical marijuana dispensary relied upon by a 29-year-old San Clemente woman who was born with epilepsy, blindness and cerebral palsy. ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
[UPDATED:] Long Beach Weighs Marijuana Tax
UPDATE: The council voted 8-1 to hold a hearing next month on whether to put a medical-marijuana tax on the November city ballot.The Long Beach City Council considered a proposal Tuesday night to put a ballot measure before local voters that would tax marijuana.However, Americans for Safe Access ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Malinda Traudt's Attorney Hails Small Victory in Blind Woman's Medical Marijuana Suit
The 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana has stopped a lower court hearing that could have immediately shut down a Capistrano Beach medical marijuana dispensary.The appellate justices' temporary stay of Tuesday's scheduled preliminary-injunction hearing is related to the lawsuit filed in Or ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2010
"Explosive Growth" of Medical Marijuana Delivery Services Explored by Investigative Journalists
Photo by Eric ZassenhausThe perfect storm of California law allowing for medical marijuana collectives and local government crackdowns on storefront cannabis clubs has created the "explosive growth" of unregulated pot couriers.The Center for Investigative Journalism's nonprofit California Watch e ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2010
OCMS Healing Leaves and Homes Tied to the Fountain Valley Medical Pot Clinic Are Raided
OCMS Healing Leaves and two Garden Grove homes connected to Fountain Valley medical marijuana dispensary were reportedly raided last week.
Blogs
May 20, 2010
Malinda Traudt's Suit Argues State Constitution Should Keep Her Dana Point Collective Open
From Beach Cities Collective's Facebook pageA San Clemente woman born with epilepsy, blindness and cerebral palsy has filed the first lawsuit by a medical-marijuana patient alleging Dana Point's dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with her fundamental rights to life and safety under the ... More >>
News
May 20, 2010
Will This Pot Case Get Weeded Out?
The change from Bush to Obama allows an OC couple to use Prop. 215 as a defense against federal drug charges
News
May 20, 2010
Growing Pains at Otherside Farms
Chadd McKeen helps medical-pot patients grow their own, while openly bashing some weed dispensaries
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Power of Trinity Medical Marijuana Collective Goes to Court to Open Dispensary in Irvine
A medical marijuana collective is seeking court intervention to be allowed to operate in Irvine.According to documents filed in Orange County Superior Court, the Power of Trinity Inc. alleges the city improperly denied the collective's request for a business permit in November.Sean Emery has the ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2010
Earth Cann, a Casualty in OC's Medical Pot War
Illustration by Simon DavidsonWhile new fronts have opened in the legal war to keep the doors open at local medical marijuana dispensaries (more on that after the jump), there is one casualty to report.Yet to be determined is whether it is a fatal blow or merely a flesh wound. Earth Cann Wellness ... More >>
News
April 29, 2010
Mark Moen, Marijuana Martyr
The arrest of 215 Agenda's owner has OC's medical-pot community wondering if it has a prayer of avoiding trouble with the cops
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Dana Point's Legal Ping-Pong Match Over Cannabis Collectives is in Full Swing
SafeHarborCollective.comDana Point Safe Harbor Collective looks safe from here.Sheriff's deputies served search warrants at a Dana Point medical marijuana dispensary and four homes in San Clemente associated with the business.
Blogs
April 9, 2010
Judge Denies Restraining Order to Keep Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Open
A federal judge has denied a restraining order aimed at keeping medical marijuana dispensaries open in Costa Mesa and Lake Forest while the court considers a lawsuit filed on behalf of four MedMar Patient Care Collective patients and based on the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Santa Ana Medical Marijuana Grower is Victim and Suspect
After responding to an armed robbery Friday, Irvine Police indicated the city may shut down the victimized business: a medical marijuana dispensary.After responding to a robbery in Santa Ana Monday in which the homeowner was beaten by two men, Orange County sheriff's deputies seized items from th ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2010
Remembering Yorba Linda's 1st Medical Marijuana Collective, Jan. 2010-Feb. 2010
"We've established a safe access facility for all patients and their medical needs," stated the WeedMaps.com write-up for Salubrious Rx. "We always attempt to add compassion for this industry, and give it a more professional touch." And that the medical marijuana dispensary at 22607 L ... More >>
News
January 7, 2010
Today, Medical Marijuana. Tomorrow, Legalize It!
"We've established a safe access facility for all patients and their medical needs," stated the WeedMaps.com write-up for Salubrious Rx. "We always attempt to add compassion for this industry, and give it a more professional touch." And that the medical marijuana dispensary at 22607 L ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
OC Weekly Goes to Pot: Medical Marijuana Writer Needed
The Weekly is seeking a freelance writer for our biweekly medical-marijuana e-mail newsletter, Toke of the Town. The ideal candidate will be a skilled, experienced writer and reporter who is well-versed in the history and politics of California's medical-pot laws--from Proposition 215 to Senate B ... More >>
Columns
December 17, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
The Weekly is seeking a freelance writer for our biweekly medical-marijuana e-mail newsletter, Toke of the Town. The ideal candidate will be a skilled, experienced writer and reporter who is well-versed in the history and politics of California's medical-pot laws--from Proposition 215 to Senate B ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2009
Feds Finally Lighten Up on Those Who Light Up
Flickr user theskywatcherIn a move that will likely increase President Obama's favorable rating even here in conservative Orange County, Attorney General Eric Holder ordered federal drug agents to stop prosecuting cases involving medical marijuana users and providers who obey state laws legalizin ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2009
Medical Cannabis Supporters Light Up City Council Meeting
Photo by Christopher Victorio Ready for face time with the Lake Forest City Council Tuesday night. Medical marijuana advocates offered 1,000 free hamburgers to draw supporters to Tuesday night's Lake Forest City Council meeting, but only 300 showed up to plead with city officials to recon ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2009
The Other Side of the Health-Care Debate Strikes Back
The other side of the health-care debate (think opposite of Fox News' town hall criers) has come out swinging of late.California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee just issued a statement with the provocative title, "California's Real Death Panels: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims." ... More >>
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August 11, 2009
Orange County Clergy Goes Hollywood for Obamacare
Yes, the people popping up everywhere to disrupt explanations of Obamacare by congress people and administration folk seldom get covered these days. A favorite was two days ago on CNN, when the anchorwoman cut to such a town hall where a U.S. senator was detailing the plan. Without ha ... More >>
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