Bay Area Pot Clubs Say They're Forced To Become Cash-Only
Bay Area medical marijuana dispensaries claim they are being cut off from allowing credit card transactions.
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Bay Area medical marijuana dispensaries claim they are being cut off from allowing credit card transactions.
A new poll shows 50 percent of California voters don't want marijuana legalized for recreational use, along with overwhelming support for doctor-recommended use of pot for the severely ill.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is criticizing the Obama administration for its crackdown on California medical marijuana dispensaries.
The famed marijuana trade school is reopening this weekend following a federal raid earlier this month.
A bill aimed at bringing order to California's medical marijuana economy has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
Oaksterdam University founder Richard Lee said today that he will give up ownership of all of his Oakland-based marijuana businesses after a federal raid on his home, the university and the businesses on Monday.
An enthusiastic crowd of more than 200 medical marijuana patients and supporters rallied at San Francisco City Hall Tuesday to hear six city supervisors and an Oaksterdam University official decry a recent federal crackdown on cannabis dispensaries.
Agents from three federal law enforcement departments on Monday raided Oaksterdam, the medical marijuana university in downtown Oakland, as well as other marijuana industry businesses in Oakland.
Cal Fire is concerned about a growing number of marijuana gardens in Santa Cruz County, not because of the pot, but because of fire hazards associated with illegally clearing trees.
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said a legal brief recently filed recently filed by city prosecutors in a drug case, that argues all medical marijuana dispensaries in California are illegal, no longer represents the views of his office.
A federal crackdown on medical marijuana clinics has been a buzzkill for an Oakland school dubbed the "Princeton of Pot."
The winning applicants were selected on Wednesday and were among 12 considered by the city administrator's office.
10 of the 15 cities within Santa Clara County have signed a resolution urging the legislative bodies to step up in this regard.
San Jose is expected to rescind an ordinance Tuesday that was passed last year regulating medical marijuana collectives. The city's hand is being forced by a successful referendum.
Medical marijuana advocates in San Jose have qualified a petition for the ballot that would repeal recent city-approved restrictions on pot clubs.
A coalition of medical marijuana activists that represents dispensary workers has proposed a 2012 ballot initiative that would create an appointed Board of Medical Marijuana Enforcement.
One woman is in custody after local and state law enforcement raided a marijuana dispensary in Newark and a related home in Danville Wednesday afternoon.
A Northern California medical marijuana dispensary is going out of business so it's planning a huge TGIF party — complete with free pot.
As federal authorities crack down on California's medical marijuana industry, an East Bay dispensary profiled on a reality TV show has added a new dimension to the debate.
A federal judge has rejected a request from medical marijuana dispensaries and patients to order an immediate halt to U.S. attorneys' efforts to shut down pot clubs in California.
Solano County voters Tuesday appear to have elected mostly incumbents and a few newcomers to various city councils and approved a local measure that imposes a tax on marijuana businesses to provide for city services while defeating a measure that would have raised a citywide sales tax.
Two teenagers were arrested Friday after allegedly robbing medical marijuana from a man who sells the drugs from his home in San Francisco's Richmond District, according to police.
Medical marijuana providers and patients are suing the federal government to keep it from shutting down pot clubs in California.
An illegal marijuana grow on the Llagas River near Morgan Hill was discovered and cleaned up just in time for the spawning of steelhead trout.
