Tag: medical marijuana

Marijuana adjudication, programs for mentally ill focus of new California laws

Juvenile justice reform, sentence reductions or expungement of convictions for marijuana users and expansion of programs that focus on mentally ill defendants all are highlights of new laws in California. The judicial branch of California reports that the… Read More

Judge: Florida’s ban on smokable medical marijuana is unconstitutional

A state-imposed ban on smokable medical marijuana is unconstitutional, a Florida judge has ruled. Leon County circuit court Judge Karen Gievers on June 5 upheld her May 25 ruling, ending a stay in this back-and-forth dispute. “The state’s… Read More

First Court-Sanctioned Case of Interstate Medical Cannabis Commerce

A potentially precedent-setting cannabis case comes out of the Northeast this week. Linda Horan, a lifelong Labor activist, said her last fight would be to pave the way for medical cannabis to be used in New Hampshire. While… Read More