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May 16, 2013
Orange County Bids Farewell to Storefront Marijuana Dispensaries
But they're not shutting down without a fight
Blogs
May 6, 2013
California Supreme Court Upholds Cities' Right to Ban Pot Clubs
Note to states considering medical marijuana measures: Don't forget to include a statute forcing cities and counties to enact zoning laws that will allow storefront dispensaries to operate. Without something like that, your clubs are going to get shut down. In a ruling issued this morning, the Cal ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2013
Obama Administration Bans Synthetic Weed
More than four months after voters in Colorado and Washington State legalized recreational marijuana smoking, the Obama administration has yet to announce any plans to either tolerate those developments or continue to crack down on America's homegrown marijuana industry (to the presumed delight of t ... More >>
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March 6, 2013
Field Poll: Majority of Californians Favor Legal Weed. OC? Not So Much
A tip of the hat to Michael Goldstein, scribe of the Weekly's Toke of the Town newsletter, for this scrap of good news: According to a recent Field Poll, 54 percent of California voters support legalizing marijuana for recreational use.Yay! That's a hefty 11 percentage points more than the 43 percen ... More >>
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February 22, 2013
Nadya Suleman, a.k.a. Octo-Mom, Reportedly Scores Medical Pot Card
TMZ is reporting that Nadya Suleman, the infamous Octomom, is a medical marijuana patient. Apparently, the mother of 14 children, former pay-per-chat phone entrepreneur and pornstar just checked out of a treatment center for addiction to Xanax and promptly purchased herself a medical marijuana card ... More >>
News
February 7, 2013
The DEA Wants to Use a $37 Pot Sale to Seize a $1.5 Million Anaheim Building
Will law-abiding citizens lose their investment property in the city that hosts the Kush Expo?
Blogs
February 6, 2013
[UPDATED: Everyone Thinks Court Will Uphold Bans] California Supreme Court Weighs Future of Medical Marijuana
Click to next page for an update where I admit nobody agrees with my reading of oral arguments yesterday.ORIGINAL POST, Feb. 5, 2:00 p.m.: The fate of California's medical marijuana movement is now in the hands of the seven justices of the California Supreme Court.For two hours this morning, the jus ... More >>
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January 23, 2013
Marijuana To Remain A Schedule One Narcotic, Court Rules
To the great dismay of stoners and medical marijuana activists everywhere, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington D.C. Circuit ruled yesterday that marijuana will remain illegal for doctors to prescribe as medicine. Specifically, the court agreed with lawyers for the U.S. Drug Enforcement ... More >>
News
November 21, 2012
Patient Med-Aid: For Those Sick Enough to Smoke
A peek inside Orange County's most exclusive medical-marijuana club, one no one wants to join
Blogs
October 2, 2012
[UPDATE: Council Repeals Ban Today] LA To Keep Cracking Down on Pot Clubs, City Attorney Says
*See bottom of post for updateOriginal Post, Sept. 18, 2012, 1 p.m.: The City of Angels will continue its crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries, the city attorney says, despite yesterday's news that pot backers have gathered enough signatures to force a vote on LA's ban on cannabis clubs. The ... More >>
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October 2, 2012
OCNORML Celebrates 75 Years of Pot War with "Final Days of Prohibition" Confefence
Although it came and went without much notice, Monday marked the 75th anniversary of America's misbegotten war on weed.On Oct. 1, 1937, the U.S. Congress officially criminalized the possession and sale of marijuana, which had already been outlawed in many states thanks to a campaign of sleazy racist ... More >>
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September 21, 2012
[UPDATED W/FUNNY PHONE CALL] Ace Hardware: Anti-Medical Marijuana?
*See end of post for an update and link to funny phone callORIGINAL POST, Sept. 21, 11:05 a.m.: Medical marijuana activists in Long Beach are planning a protest in front of the Ace Hardware store at 746 E. Fourth St. on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 21. But that's not all--the protest will also ser ... More >>
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September 17, 2012
[Updated With Info On Upcoming Hearing] Long Beach Marijuana Dispensary Ban is Illegal, Court Rules
*See end of post for information about the next hearing in this case as well as the Long Beach City Attorney's response, denying that the city's pot ban has been invalidated.ORIGINAL POST, Sept. 8, 5:23 p.m.: A Los Angeles Superior Court ruling may have far reaching consequences for Long Beach's ban ... More >>
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June 13, 2012
Orly Taitz, Discredited Obama Birther Lawyer, Now MedPot Activist?
An interesting news story came out of Costa Mesa yesterday, where a medical marijuana activist was arrested in front of Mother's Market. The activist, Deborah Tharp, was attempting to gather signatures for a proposed ballot initiative that would demand Costa Mesa city officials end their crackdown o ... More >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 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 >>
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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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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
July 7, 2010
Legalization Could Cut Costs, Increase Consumption of Marijuana: RAND Study
A new study shows legalization and distribution of marijuana in California could cut the price of cannabis by up to 80 percent and increase consumption.Findings by the RAND Corp. also show revenues from taxing legal pot could be significantly higher or lower than the $1 billion estimated by the s ... 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
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