Dispensaries providing marijuana to doctor-approved patients operate in a number of states, but they are under assault by the federal government.

In a test of public support for medical marijuana, Los Angeles voters will have three different options Tuesday to regulate pot dispensaries, including proposals that limit their numbers and impose new taxes on their sales

But they're not shutting down without a fight

Marijuana-like medicines that lack the plant’s psychoactive properties can be used to effectively treat some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), researchers at New York University Langone Medical Center explain in a study published Tuesday in the scientific journal Molecular Psychiatry

A group of members of Americans for Safe Access, a marijuana advocacy group, also protested against the federal government’s stance opposing medical marijuana

Many California that have taken a stand on the medical marijuana question have given firm "no" answers to those wishing to operate cannabis dispensaries, but this suburb has been an exception

Federal authorities are trying to seize the property of one of the longest operating medical marijuana dispensaries in the state

The state Supreme Court's decision upholding local governments' right to ban medical marijuana dispensaries left pro-marijuana advocates to rely on legislative action to ensure patients access to marijuana

Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates took local U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag to task Wednesday for harassing Berkeley Patients Group

Dispensary applications to be taken this year

Three initiatives on the May 21 ballot deal with ways to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, but a California Supreme Court ruling made on Monday has changed the game

"This feels like the worst nightmare that I have ever had and no matter what I do I can't wake up."

The high court's decision to uphold pot club bans could result in an extended period in which it will be impossible to buy medical cannabis in some cities but not in others — unless the legislature intervenes

The federal government filed a lawsuit targeting the city's largest medical marijuana outlet and is aiming to seize the property from its landlord

In a unanimous decision, the California high court has ruled that local governments have the power to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. The decision upholds bans in about 200 California cities. But in a state with a robust pot economy, lawmakers still debate if and how to regulate the drug. We'll discuss the ruling and what this means for the marijuana market, its dispensaries and its consumers

Several dozen protesters gathered in downtown Berkeley Wednesday afternoon to fight federal action against one of California's oldest medical marijuana dispensaries, targeted for closure by the Justice Department

Joe Elford, said the Supreme Court's opinion "ignores the needs of thousands of patients across the state."

Seventeen years after California became the first state to legalize the medical use of marijuana, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities can ban pot dispensaries, preserving a system in which some patients can find their supplies nearby while others have to travel or grow their own

Americans for Safe Access, a nationwide medical-marijuana advocacy group, said it would focus on working with the state legislature to establish clear rules for dispensaries

The state Supreme Court's decision on Monday to uphold the right of cities to ban medical marijuana dispensaries is not expected to impact proposals on the May 21 Los Angeles ballot to allow the facilities to open in certain areas