Jayden is only 5 years old and suffers from a rare form of epilepsy. His father, Jason David, tearfully shares how the only relief from his son’s physical pain and life-threatening seizures is from a nonpsychoactive molecule found in cannabis, called cannabidiol. Read More…
The city of Oakland has filed a lawsuit against U.S. authorities that claims the federal government has overstepped its jurisdiction in the attempted closure of a local medical marijuana dispensary. Read More…
One of Berkeley’s three medical cannabis dispensaries will vacate its location at 2747 San Pablo Ave. in the coming months, leaving the future of Berkeley’s oldest and largest dispensary uncertain. Berkeley Patients Group recently joined the growing number of dispensaries throughout the state that have been targeted by the U.S. Read More…
Property owners leasing land to medical marijuana dispensaries in California could face criminal prosecution and loss of their properties if they fail to evict their tenants within a 45-day warning period stipulated in letters sent by federal prosecutors this week. Sarah Mohamed is the lead city government reporter. Correction(s):A previous Read More…
Medical cannabis is viewed as both a burgeoning industry and a cause of judicial contention for many people in California and across the country. In Berkeley, federal intervention is beginning to affect the city’s small — but growing — medical cannabis industry. In recent months, the U.S. Department of Justice Read More…
In Berkeley, efforts to expand the city’s medical cannabis industry have been slowed as contention between state and federal marijuana policies causes confusion among business owners, local governments, legal experts and patients alike. Berkeley has already begun to see the effect of federal lawmakers butting heads with officials in states Read More…
At the oft-delayed first meeting of the city’s reconstituted Medical Cannabis Commission Thursday, commission members made it clear they plan to develop guidelines for local medical marijuana policies in the interest of cannabis patients, despite unfavorable signals regarding marijuana from the federal government. The commission is charged with establishing a Read More…
A recent federal decision determining that marijuana has no accepted medical use and should be classified as dangerous as heroin may prove to be another obstacle for Berkeley’s Medical Cannabis Commission as it prepares for its first meeting. The commission, which will meet July 21 for the first time since Read More…
Eight months after Berkeley voters approved Measure T, the city’s Medical Cannabis Commission now has a full roster and can begin the process of implementing the items established in the ballot initiative when the commission meets on July 21 for the first time since its reconstitution. Approved by voters in Read More…
The recent opening of a medical marijuana collective in Southwest Berkeley has raised confusion as to the enforcement of a November 2010 ballot measure that regulates where medical marijuana collectives and dispensaries can be located. The collective, Perfect Plants Patient’s Group, opened at its current location on Sacramento Street in Read More…
