Medical Pot Advocates Sue Feds Over Crackdown
Medical marijuana advocates are suing to put a stop to a federal crackdown on California pot dispensaries, claiming the effort by the state's four U.S. attorneys is unconstitutional.
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Medical marijuana advocates are suing to put a stop to a federal crackdown on California pot dispensaries, claiming the effort by the state's four U.S. attorneys is unconstitutional.
Three suspects robbed a Sacramento medical marijuana dispensary on Thursday night, police said.
Medical marijuana advocates in California are suing the federal government in an effort to quash a recent crackdown on the state's pot dispensaries.
Marijuana dispensary owners marched to the Sacramento City Council meeting Tuesday night, trying to get answers about the future.
Local medical marijuana dispensary owners and supporters are reaching out to California Attorney General Kamala Harris to help fight back against new federal crackdowns.
Two California lawmakers want to know why the Obama administration is cracking down on the state's medical marijuana dispensaries so they can craft legislation to address the federal government's concerns.
The name Randy Paragary is synonymous with successful Sacramento restaurants. There is Esquire Grill, Spataro, Centro's and of course Paragary's to name a few, but CBS13 found the Paragary name popping up on a different type of operation -- a request for a medical marijuana dispensary permit.
California's largest industry group for doctors is calling for the legalization of marijuana even as it maintains that the drug has few proven health benefits.
A fresh trail of stolen marijuana led police directly to the four alleged thieves, according to authorities.
The U.S. attorney in San Diego is contemplating expanding a federal crackdown on the medical marijuana industry by going after newspapers, radio stations and other outlets that run advertisements for California's pot dispensaries.
Federal prosecutors in California are cracking down on some of the state's medical marijuana dispensaries, signaling an escalation of the ongoing conflict between the U.S. government and the state's growing medical marijuana industry.
A new medical marijuana dispensary is opening Tuesday in Stockton, and it's the first in that city.
It grows in the ground, requires water and sunshine to blossom, and earns Californians an estimated $17 billion a year. But don't call marijuana an agricultural crop in Tulare County.
The Drug Enforcement Administration decree states that "marijuana has no currently accepted medical use."
A Southern California man was shot to death while trying to steal marijuana from a medical marijuana deliveryman, and three other men were jailed on suspicion of robbery and felony murder for their alleged role in the crime, a police spokesman said Thursday.
County officials proposed new regulations Tuesday that medical marijuana dispensary owners say will put most of them out of business.
Three suspects are on the run after trying to use a van to bash their way inside a midtown Sacramento medical marijuana shop.
The state Assembly has voted to strengthen the power of California cities to regulate medical marijuana.
A warning from federal officials has forced a would-be medical marijuana grower to scrap plans for a pot farm that officials in a small Northern California town saw as a possible major revenue source.
Officials in the small California farming town of Isleton are facing legal scrutiny over their licensing of a medical marijuana growing operation to raise revenue for the struggling city.
It's being called the Walmart of weed: a 10,000-square-foot Sacramento gardening emporium that opens Saturday with how-to experts and merchandise to help medical marijuana patients grow pot.
Cultivating marijuana would no longer be a mandatory felony under a new California bill introduced by a pot-friendly lawmaker.
A state lawmaker this week introduced a bill that would prohibit employers from firing qualified medical marijuana users who consume pot when they're not on the job.
A California entrepreneur has plans to market a line medical marijuana soft drinks.
As numerous cities get set to levy voter-approved taxes on medical marijuana retailers, some municipalities in Northern California are already moving aggressively toward creating government-sanctioned marijuana farms to help supply them
