Berkeley marijuana dispensary threatened by federal government
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The federal government has filed a lawsuit to shut down Berkeley Patients Group, the city’s oldest and largest medical marijuana dispensary. Read More…
Video: Medical marijuana advocated rally in San Francisco
Medical marijuana advocates held a rally to challenge federal intervention of medical marijuana clinics in San Francisco on Tuesday April 3rd. Read the full article here. Jeff Capps is the lead multimedia protest producer.
Help protect the tenants from eviction
In response to the Nov. 8 Daily Cal newspaper article regarding the eviction notice of the 40 Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective, I would like to take the time to clarify a few things. First and foremost, the FJSC Soe Group is currently attempting to evict Chris Smith and 40 Read More…
A lingering cannabis problem
CITY AFFAIRS: Local officials should act quickly to resolve concern in South Berkeley over a medical marijuana outfit that may be illegal.
South Berkeley residents have waited too long for the city to resolve their concerns about a potentially illegal medical marijuana operation. The allegations residents made against Perfect Plants Patients’ Group, also known as 3PG, are serious. Recently, the city has been looking into whether the facility, located on Sacramento Street, Read More…
Weeding out unfairness
CITY AFFAIRS: The courts should side with Oakland in its challenge against the federal government’s crackdown on medical marijuana.
Oakland deserves to win its bold challenge to the federal government that authorities should not shut down medical marijuana dispensaries operating in full compliance with state law. Due to a crackdown on medical marijuana initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice last year, many California dispensaries face the possibility of Read More…
Poll shows Californians support legalization of marijuana
A poll released Wednesday has found that a majority of California voters favors the legalization of marijuana. Read More…
Bill’s passage would protect patients, jobs
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…
Protecting patients in the workplace
Greetings, UC Berkeley students. Are any of you graduating soon? Do you use marijuana for medical reasons? Do you want to get a job when you graduate? Tough luck. Many are unaware that the California Supreme Court has ruled that employers may fire anyone who fails a drug test, even Read More…
City orders medical cannabis business to shut down
A local medical cannabis business will be moving its operations out of Berkeley after the City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to declare it a public nuisance.
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Oakland medical marijuana lawsuit may have statewide implications
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…