At the Canna Care medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, the incoming product must get past Don Davies and his microscope.
Davies, 23, who is closing in on a degree in biochemistry from UC Santa Cruz, inspects the weed Canna Care purchases from its patient growers, Sacramento Bee reporter Peter Hecht writes in his informative “Weed Wars” [...]
Quality control is Job One at Sacramento dispensary
City of Ventura ready to revisit medipot moratorium
Last fall, when dozens of medicinal marijuana users went to the Ventura City Council to urge it to show compassion and give them a legal place to get their medicine, the council responded just as every other community in Ventura County had in the past: It said no.
But then the council did something unexpected, the [...]
Tuesday workshop set on Eureka’s draft MM ordinance
Eureka has unveiled its draft medical marijuana ordinance, meant to regulate the cultivation, possession and distribution of cannabis, and is asking residents to provide their input Tuesday night.
City Manager David Tyson said this meeting, which will be led by City Council members Jeff Leonard and Linda Atkins, allows the city to gather more input on [...]
Costa Mesa crackdown: City orders halt to medipot sales
Costa Mesa government officials on Thursday ordered three medical marijuana dispensaries operating in the city to stop selling pot, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department.
Costa Mesa police and code enforcement officials delivered cease-and-desist orders to three dispensaries believed to be violating the city’s ban on medical marijuana sales, a police press release said.
The press [...]
Redding MM grower arraigned hours before DA opts to drop case
A 49-year-old Redding man is becoming an old hand in winning medical marijuana cases, the Record-Searchlight’s Jim Schultz reports.
James Bradley Hall was arraigned Friday morning in Shasta County Superior Court on felony marijuana cultivation and for having a shotgun in his house while in the commission of a crime only to later learn that the [...]
Bud’s Nugs: Legalization debate could get down and dirty
Let’s not get too smug about polls that suggest California voters are poised to legalize marijuana. Even if the Tax Cannabis initiative passes by a landslide, you can bet cops, prosecutors and elected officials will undermine the law in every way possible. After all, they’ve had plenty of practice with medipot.
While it’s too soon for [...]
