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 federal government is now positioned to raise the heat on the issue of medical marijuana in California, possibly threatening Berkeley’s voter-approved efforts to develop cannabis-related business. This potentially increased scrutiny is due to a strongly worded letter from the U.S. Department of Justice to U.S. attorneys, which may result 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…
Berkeley’s three medical marijuana dispensaries remain out of the federal government’s line of fire for the time being as dozens of dispensaries and their landlords throughout California face the threat of federal prosecution if they continue selling marijuana. Although the three dispensaries comply with Berkeley city law, their operations are Read More…
A Berkeley woman who co-founded local medical cannabis collective Berkeley Patients Group is looking to set up shop in Albany with another collective, which would be the city’s first and only medical marijuana dispensary. The application, submitted by Debby Goldsberry at the beginning of the summer, is currently under review. Read More…
