Topic: California

LA City Council postpones pot ordinance vote that could close hundreds of dispensariesThe Los Angeles City Council delayed a vote Wednesday on a medical marijuana ordinance that could close hundreds of pot dispensaries across the city.The council asked planning officials to return ...
The Los Angeles city council could vote on a much-anticipated medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, ending a bottleneck that resulted in hundreds of pot dispensaries cropping up across the city.The draft ordinance would provide guidelines for the nation's second-largest city that would greatly ...
Los Angeles City Council prepares to vote on medical marijuana ordinanceThe Los Angeles city council could vote on a much-anticipated medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, ending a bottleneck that resulted in hundreds of pot dispensaries cropping up across the city.The draft ordinance would ...
Colo. medical marijuana dispensaries will have to start paying sales tax following AG's rulingColorado is gearing up to officially tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a move lawmakers say amounts to legal recognition of a growing industry.The state Attorney General John Suthers ...
LA County's top prosecutor says he will bust marijuana dispensaries that take cash for potLos Angeles County's district attorney says he intends to prosecute owners of marijuana dispensaries that take cash for pot.District Attorney Steve Cooley said Tuesday he believes state law ...
Medical marijuana shops abound in California as cities scramble to regulate themA surge in medical marijuana in California has left communities trying to regulate or ban the drug. Final regulations are still not in place.The struggle has been linked to the vagueness ...
Northern Calif. town bans medical marijuana collectives, cultivation; opponents threaten suitA small Northern California city has banned medical marijuana growing and dispensing, a move opponents say will bring lawsuits.Red Bluff's city council approved two measures Tuesday night restricting the drug. The panel ...
Voters approved a referendum making Maine the fifth state to allow retail pot dispensaries, but medical marijuana advocates say it won't become like California, where hundreds of marijuana shops have popped up and come under critical scrutiny.California, Colorado, New Mexico and Rhode ...
But a reviewer of the business warns the decor looks a little cliche, what with the Grateful Dead posters on the wall and the Mexican-blanket tablecloths.The medical marijuana review business is booming as states like Colorado and California have seen an explosion ...
Loosening of federal guidelines on medical marijuana does not dispel decades of mistrustA new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left ...