Cannabis resources

CalPotNews.com listing of links associated with medical cannabis dispensaries and physicians, medical marijuana advocates and drug-law reform organizations. Use the contact page to suggest a link.

Cannabis advocates

280E Reform
Under IRS Code Sec. 280E, medical cannabis businesses can’t deduct expenses such as rent, payroll, health insurance, etc., creating a tax burden that most dispensaries can’t meet. This interstate coalition focuses on tools and strategies designed to change the current legal and practical applications of Internal Revenue Code Sec. 280E.

Americans for Safe Access
Advancing legal medical marijuana therapeutics and research

California Association of Producers of Safe Cannabis Edibles (CAPSCE)
CAPSCE works with patients, doctors, dispensaries and laboratories on cannabinoid science to develop the standards for safe Cannabis Based Medicinal Extracts (CBMEs). At least that was the plan before the federal crackdown; the association website went offline this fall.

California Cannabis Association
Nonprofit trade/lobby group that advocates for statewide medical cannabis regulations.

California NORML
California chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Common Sense for Drug Policy
Advocates the control and regulation of marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol and subject to local option.

Drug Policy Alliance
DPA Network promotes policy alternatives to the drug war that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.

Green Aid
Green Aid works solely on the legal and judicial front of the fight for medical marijuana change.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
LEAP advocates the elimination of the policy of drug prohibition and the inauguration of a replacement policy of drug control and regulation.

National Cannabis Industry Association
NCIA promotes the growth of a responsible and legitimate cannabis industry in the United States.

Medical cannabis physicians

Alternative Evaluations — Sacramento

Dr. Frank Lucido — Berkeley
Dr. Lucido is a leading proponent of the Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act.

Dr. Tom O’Connell — Oakland
Dr. Tom’s blog mixes old-school medicine and biting political commentary.

GreenBridge Medical — Santa Monica
Dr. Allan Frankel is one of the outspoken medical cannabis physicians in the state — and the Medical Board is gunning for his license.

Cannabis media

High Times Medical Marijuana
This quarterly sister publication of High Times magazine still packs a countercultural punch.

Kush magazine
Based in Los Angeles County, Kush bills itself as the “medical marijuana industry’s premier print magazine and online destination,” the latter referring to DailyBuds.com.

Legalization Nation
David Downs powers this excellent industry insider blog for East Bay Express.

Nug Magazine
Nug Magazine is published and distributed in San Diego County.

Pot Appetit
Ed Murrieta’s irreverent blog mixes a love for good eats with cannabis news and commentary.

The Weed Blog
Two NorCal residents present “The Internet’s best resource for weed-related issues.”

West Coast Cannabis
The monthly magazine was founded by comedian-activist Ngaio Bealum to provide an entertaining and educational resource for the cannabis community. While the magazine is on hiatus, Ngaio is keeping busy.

West Coast Leaf
“The Cannabis Newspaper of Record,” distributed quarterly by longtime activists Chris Conrad and Mikki Norris.