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Urinalysis Tests And Marijuana Use
On September 19, 2008 in Courts, Instruction, Law Enforcement
Military Court Martial Lawyer Michael Waddington discusses Urinalysis Tests and marijuana Use
California Supreme Court to Take Up Medical Marijuana Limits Issue
On August 29, 2008 in Courts, In The News, Legalization, Medical Marijuana
The California Supreme Court agreed to revisit the question of how many plants and how much marijuana medical marijuana patients may legally possess. It did so by taking up a prosecutor’s appeal of a May California Appellate Court decision that found a 2003 law designed to make the state’s medical marijuana law operational conflicted with the voter-approved Compassionate Use Act by setting fixed limits on how much marijuana patients may possess.
The state’s Compassionate Use Act does not specify the amount of marijuana a patient may possess. Instead, that law allows an amount of marijuana “reasonably related to the patient’s current medical needs.” Read the rest of this entry »
GUILTY - A Verdict in the Charlie Lynch Case
On August 28, 2008 in Courts, Government, Medical Marijuana, Video
Feds Score Another Conviction Against a California Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator
On August 15, 2008 in Courts, Law Enforcement, Legalization, Medical Marijuana
In a trial that garnered national attention because of the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws, a federal jury in Los Angeles Tuesday convicted the owner of a Morro Bay medical marijuana dispensary on five counts of violating federal drug laws. As was the case in previous federal prosecutions, the defense was not allowed to mount a medical marijuana defense or even mention the words “medical marijuana” during the course of the trial.
Charles Lynch, 46, operator of Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers in San Luis Obispo County, faces a minimum of five years in prison and as many as 85 years after being found guilty of distributing more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, some of it to people considered minors under federal law. Read the rest of this entry »
