Blowing Smoke: Proposition 19 & Medical Marijuana
Yesterday, I drove to downtown San Francisco — something which, on a weekday, is definitely not on my list of favorite things to do — to the Hiram W. Johnson State Building for a meeting of the...
View ArticleDispensing (With) Law: Strict Constructionism & Medical Marijuana
[UPDATE May 21, 2012. In my original article (below), I predicted that the California Supreme Court would take Evergreen Holistic for review. Friday's Daily Appellate Report announced that they did so....
View ArticleEvergreen Update
In a previous post, “Dispensing (With) Law: Strict Constructionism & Medical Marijuana,” I predicted that the California Supreme Court would take the case of City of Lake Forest v. Evergreen...
View ArticleA Proper “Medical Marijuana” Defense
I don’t often mention my cases online. I figure my clients deserve as much anonymity as I can give them, regardless of whether I win or lose. So you won’t find very many of my blog articles where I...
View ArticlePeople v. Jackson: The Judge Was High — The Judges Still Are
I actually meant to blog about the San Diego case of People v. Jackson a couple weeks ago, when I obtained a copy of the Appellant’s Opening Brief in the case. Being busy working up some new medical...
View ArticleImagine If There Were A Law…
Imagine if there were a law that made it illegal to possess Vicodin. Well, actually, as it turns out, there is a law that makes it illegal to possess Vicodin… …without a prescription.1 Now imagine that...
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