SF News CA Supreme Court To Weigh In On Pot Dispensaries The California Supreme Court voted unanimously yesterday to consider both the continued conflict between state and federal authorities over medical marijuana, and whether local governments have the authority to ban dispensaries despite the
SF News Pot Dispensary Hosts Pot Giveaway As It Shuts Its Doors A marijuana dispensary near Sacramento, under pressure from the federal government during the current crackdown on medical marijuana in California, is hosting a going-out-of-business party of sorts Friday complete with pot giveaways for
SF News Attorney General Insists Marijuana Enforcement Still A Low Priority. Wtvr. "No really," attorney general Eric Holder seems to be saying. "We still don't care that much about medical marijuana enforcement. But California's got their own stuff to deal with." In a House Judiciary
SF News Three S.F. Pot Clubs Close on Eve of Federal Deadline Three San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries -- Divinity Tree, Medithrive, and Mr. Nice Guy -- closed over the weekend after receiving threatening letters from federal prosecutors, due to their proximity to schools and
SF News Southern California Appeals Court Rules That Cities Can Ban Pot Dispensaries The Fourth District Court of Appeal in Riverside, California has ruled in favor of the City of Riverside, upholding its right to enforce a citywide ban on medical marijuana dispensaries. The case stems
SF News Medical Marijuana Patients, Dispensaries File Suit Against Feds Over Crackdown Well, the opening volley by the Justice Department going after the medical marijuana trade in California was met first with an over-net return in the form of a letter from a group of
SF News Members of Congress Pen Strongly Worded Letter About Medical Marijuana Crackdown Nine House representatives, including Alameda County Democrat Barbara Lee, penned a letter to President Barack Obama last week condemning the Justice Department's recently announced crackdown on the medical marijuana industry in California. They
SF News Senior Citizens Hospitalized After Eating Pot Brownies at Funeral Fast on the heels of the statewide federal crackdown on the medical marijuana industry, the Orange County Register finds not one but TWO reasons to remain up-in-arms over the rampant abuses of the
SF News Feds Don't Condone Oakland Pot Dispensary, But Want $2.5M in Back Taxes The largest of the medical marijuana operations in Oakland one of the largest in the world, and the largest on the West Coast, in fact is Harborside Health Center, which posted $22 million
SF News Pot Club 'Clustering' a Problem? The Planning Commission has a pile of pending applications for new medical marijuana dispensaries, and the president of the commission, Christine Olague, is putting pressure on the Board of Supervisors to relax rules
SF News SPARC, the Apple Store of Pot Dispensaries, Wins Design Award We previously broke the story on the opening of SPARC, that clean-and-modern pot dispensary on Mission between 7th and 8th with the vibe of a West Elm-designed apothecary. Well, now the SF chapter
SF News City of Oakland Warned By Feds About Marijuana Law It shouldn't come as a shock that Oakland's recently enacted ordinance allowing for large-scale medical marijuana grow-houses violates federal law, but now a U.S. attorney has written the City a strongly worded
