Category Archives: Weed Law
National Pot Policies Must Be Reconciled
National Pot Policies are beginning to get out of control. As a patient, it is extremely difficult navigating Federal, State, County, and City laws and ordinances. National Pot Policies are extremely confusing and contradictory so it becomes tough to feel safe as a medical marijuana patient.
The Obama administration has dicked us over and have been shutting down dispensaries all over Orange County. I’ve seen a bunch of dispensaries in Gatden Grove go belly up because of this. It appears most who are being shut down are laundering money and dealing recreationally “out the back” of the store. As a society we must reform Medical Marijuana policies and create a better system
How confusing can medical marijuana law really be though right? Well, read this excerpt featured on Cannabis News “Just to show how complex all of this has grown, read the following passage from the [California State] court’s ruling. Wrote the court: “There is a distinction in law between not making an activity unlawful and making the activity lawful. An activity may be prohibited, neither prohibited nor authorized, or authorized.”
Wait what?! So I guess medical marijuana is neither prohibited nor authorized…… Hmm I’m stymied.
Click here! to read more from Cannabis News on National Pot Policies.
Californians Protest Federal Pot Crackdown
Californians statewide are protesting the feds crackdown on pot, medical marijuana, and medical marijuana dispensaries. Greenkick brings you this Breaking News via California Norml. As an Orange County resident, I can tell you for a fact, medical marijuana is the main topic of conversation being heard in breakrooms, bars, and neighborhood ball games
US Attorneys in California have begun sending letters to landlords of dispensaries threatening them with property forfeiture and criminal penalties. They have only targeted a small handful of dispensaries, although the mass media seems to be proclaiming otherwise. It isn’t affecting the majority of collectives and dispensaries open.
Supporters rallied around the Sacramento Courthouse last Friday October 7th, 2011. Supporters are fighting against the ever-tightening governmental grasp on medical marijuana. Similar to recent orange county laws created and imposed, the feds are trying to dictate strict local zoning rules against the wishes of patients, and business owners within the marijuana community.
Medical Marijuana business owners are being shut down and forced out of the industry over paperwork and the ever-tightening grasp of big government.
Want to read more on the crippling penalties the Fed has imposed on our growing medical marijuana industry? Shocking news of Banks denying service to California 4.5 billion dollar medical marijuana industry! Get informed and stop the Department of Treasury from Hurting Cannabis Entrepeneurs! READ MORE CLICK HERE!
Paranoia or Preservation?
A Pot Smoker is Busted every 45 Seconds…
And you wonder why we’re paranoid. On top of that we have had 23 million marijuana arrests since 1937.
Cannabis Prohibition more than run it’s course. No more penalizing, prosecuting, arresting, and incarcerating those who use cannabis for medical or recreational use. Drug testing is one of Greenkicks’ biggest concerns as negative tests can create false labels for life and cause drastic economic harm to myself and other productive pot smokers who are stigmatized out of good jobs.
Stop punishing positive and productive potsmoking people. Currently there are over 850,000 cannabis-related arrests per year in the US. Almost 90% of those arrests are for possession-only recreational and medical marijuana users. We must end the chain of punishment for smokers. Is it any wonder marijuana smokers have paranoia? Self preservation causes us to be wary of others. Paranoid potsmokers be careful out there, and continue to improve marijuana laws. Overtime we can drop paranoia off the list, and leave munchies, pain-relief, good-times, and psychedelic highs.
Medical marijuana activists kick off campaign to repeal SJ ordinance
A coalition of medical marijuana patients and activists, including former state Sen. John Vasconcellos, kicked off a campaign Wednesday to repeal an ordinance passed by elected leaders that they say will harm patients and the economy.
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Protect Medical Marijuana Patients Rights in California
As a Santa Ana resident and medical marijuana patient I am upset about SB 847 and AB 1300. Tell Governor Jerry Brown to veto Senator Lou Correa’s (D-Santa Ana) SB 847! These bills would put some of my favorite shops out of business and would put the closest shop near me out of business due to the zoning regulations these bills are trying to impose of our community.
Legal battles with medical marijuana will continue to be waged. Currently Governor Jerry Brown is in a position to sign two bills that would negatively impact the medical marijuana community in California. These bills would eliminate easy access to medical marijuana for many users. With that in mind, I wanted to pass along this message from Americans for Safe Access:
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Two bills that harshly restrict safe access to medial marijuana have passed the California Legislature and are in danger of being signed by the Governor. I’m forwarding along a brief message from our allies at Americans for Safe Access below, which I urge you to read and act on now — without delay.
here are two bills on the Governor’s desk that would severely limit safe access to medical cannabis in California. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is calling on supporters to contact Governor Jerry Brown today and ask him to veto SB 847 and AB 1300 to protect local access in our communities.
Can you take a few minutes right now to call or email Governor Brown? ASA’s online action center makes it easy!
Senator Lou Correa’s (D-Santa Ana) SB 847 requires that medical cannabis cooperatives and collectives be located at least 600 feet from any residential zone or use. This will force patients’ associations to the outskirts of most cities — if they can find a location at all!
Assembly member Bob Blumenfield’s (D-Van Nuys) AB 1300 explicitly authorizes cities and counties to ban cooperatives and collectives. That means access can be eliminated in some communities altogether! That is not what voters intended when they adopted Proposition 215 in 1996, calling on lawmakers “to implement a plan to provide for the safe and affordable distribution of marijuana to all patients in medical need of marijuana.”
These bills passed through the legislature easily. If we do not make a good show of opposition at the Governor’s office, he will sign SB 847 and AB 1300 into law. Research conducted by ASA and years of experience in implementing our state law show that sensible regulations reduce crime and complaints around cooperatives and collectives.
Tell Governor Brown we can work with lawmakers to adopt better laws than these. Please act today!
Don’t wait — do it right now — the bills could be signed at any minute!
Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform
O.C. debate: regulation or ban of pot dispensaries – Orange County Register
O.C. debate: regulation or ban of pot dispensaries – Orange County Register.
This July the City Council of Garden Grove made the decision to require all medical marijuana dispensaries to register with the city. This makes Garden Grove the second city in Orange County, after Laguna Woods, to impose regulations on dispensaries and collectives.
The new Garden Grove ordinance makes dispensaries register with the city. If they are not registered, they are breaking the law to operate and dispense medical marijuana. This ordinance is intended to help regulate the number of marijuana dispensaries and ensure that they are not in residential or school zones.
Many Orange County cities have bans prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries, or laws preventing new ones from opening up. This is causing some tensions with entrepreneurs and as a result cities like Lake Forest, Anaheim, and Dana Point are fighting back and forth on these legal issues.
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