Yes on 19 Marijuana Legalization Campaign Poster from 1972. (Bolerium Books/LA Weekly)
While California confirmed its state’s marijuana legalization initiative would be on the November ballot months ago, today the state assigned proposition numbers to this year’s slate of initiatives. Get used to hearing about Proposition 19, which is where you’ll get to vote to legalize marijuana in California.
Scientists have begun speculating that the root cause of disease conditions such as migraines and irritable bowel syndrome may be endocannabinoid deficiency.
LOS ANGELES (CN) – The City of Los Angeles is unconstitutionally interfering with medical marijuana collectives and dispensaries, three such groups claim in Superior Court. They say that despite voter approval of Prop. 215, the Compassionate Use Act, in 1996, Los Angeles illegally placed a moratorium on the dispensaries and usurped state powers to force “the cast majority of medical marijuana collectives in the city to close their doors.”
Lead plaintiff Americans for Safe Access claims the city’s 2007 Interim Control Ordinance violates state guidelines, and that another ordinance, enacted on Jan. 26 this year, unconstitutionally claims the power to regulate the dispensaries.
Fifty-seven percent of voters approved Prop. 215 in November 1996. It legalizes marijuana prescriptions for illnesses and pain and side effects from treatment for illnesses such as cancer, AIDS, chronic pain, glaucoma and anorexia.
Plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment, an injunction and damages. They are represented by Joseph Elford of Oakland.
The sentencing phase in the high-profile trial of a New Jersey man who grew medical marijuana to treat his Multiple Sclerosis will take place this Friday 3/19/10 following several delays.
Los Angeles, CA — The country’s largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles today, claiming that certain provisions in a recently adopted regulatory ordinance would shut down virtually all dispensaries in the city. The local medical marijuana law passed by the City Council and signed by Mayor Villaraigosa on February 3rd requires dispensaries to find a new location within 7 days after the ordinance takes effect. In order to comply with the ordinance, dispensaries must be located at least 1,000 feet from schools, parks, libraries, churches and other so-called “sensitive uses,” and cannot abut or be across the street from any residence, which excludes almost all commercial areas in the city.