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“Activist of the Month, Chris Conrad” by Marc·Boris St·Maurice Heads magazine, March 2005, p. 16 (photo: chris conrad) CHRIS CONRAD This month’s activist, Chris Conrad, is an author, political strategist, researcher and spin doctor whose […]
Conant v. Walters: Physicians have a First Amendment right to discuss cannabis with patients — not to help them obtain it. The order enjoins the federal government from either revoking a physician’s license to prescribe controlled substances […]
People v Luna: “while the [chemical extraction] manufacturing process need not be complete, it must at least be started.” “[W]hile the [solvent extraction] manufacturing process need not be complete, it must at least be started.” […]
People v. Urziceanu: While Prop 215 did not protect collective medical marijuana gardens or sales, SB420 HS 11362.775 did (ending in 2019). NOTICE: The California Legislature voted to terminate the legal defenses for Collective gardens and sales in […]
SB 420 / Senate Bill 420 Cannabis collective defense; AB266 / 243 Collective defense ends in 2019 SB 2679 Interim extraction licenses through 2019 Summary: In 2003 the California legislature (SB420) created a limited collective […]
People v. Bergen: Medical use is not a defense against charge, use of chemical extraction to manufacture a controlled substance Note: Because marijuana and extracts are in the controlled substance list, because the HS 11379.6(a) […]
People v Tilehkooh Qualified medical use is allowed during probation: “The people of California and a growing number of other states have recently enacted compassionate use laws. Congress should consider the wisdom of accommodating the […]
People v Windus “[W]e see nothing in the statute that requires a patient to periodically renew a doctor’s recommendation regarding medical marijuana use. The statute does not provide, as the Attorney General asserts, that a […]
Kirby v Fresno “We conclude that the provision in the ordinance that classifies the cultivation of medical marijuana as a misdemeanor is preempted by California’s extensive statutory scheme addressing crimes, defenses and immunities relating to […]
Maral, et al., v Live Oak “Accordingly, we conclude the CUA [Proposition 215] and MMP [SB 420] do not preempt a city’s police power to prohibit the cultivation of all marijuana within that city. ” […]