Some 200 California cities and towns ban medical marijuana dispensaries, creating regions where patients cannot purchase the drug legally. Advocates want the state to regulate the business

The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the industry

Today the California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the right of cities in the state to ban medical marijuana dispensaries

Murrieta, Riverside County and other local jurisdictions with bans against pot operations, now have a state Supreme Court ruling to back them up

The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that cities and counties have the right to ban medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders, despite the existence of a state law that protects patients who use the drug

Jim Greig spoke at the Americans For Safe Access' Congressional Panel in Washington D.C. earlier this month in regard to HR 689 and HR 710, two federal bills that, if enacted, would protect medical marijuana patients, reschedule cannabis so legal penalties are lesser and allow states to regulate cannabis.

I heard that California medical cannabis is going to be regulated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Is this true?

The D.C. government may not be sure the pain of Kristin’s endometriosis needs to be treated, but she is.

Maryland’s “yellow-light approach” to freeing marijuana for medical use may as well be a red light, some advocates say

Don Duncan, California director of the medical cannabis advocacy group Americans for Safe Access, supports Ammiano's new bill. But he is uncomfortable with the agency picked to oversee dispensaries – the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

A new bill to regulate California's $1.3 billion medical marijuana industry cleared its first hurdle yesterday: the Assembly's public safety committee

A federal warrant was served at the Gaslamp collective one day after the San Diego City Council considered a new ordinance to allow distribution of marijuana

Three competing measures on the May 21 city ballot have divided L.A.'s medical cannabis industry, with each side accusing the other of trying only to protect profits, not do what is best for patients.

"Dispensaries like Harborside aren't going away and they're fighting back," said Kris Hermes, media specialist for Americans for Safe Access, one of the largest national campaigns representing patients, medical professionals and scientists who want legal access to medical marijuana. "Local officials aren’t putting up bullying by the federal government."

Today, the City of San Diego published Mayor Filner's proposal for medical cannabis regulation in the City of San Diego

With three measures on the May 21 ballot dealing with medical marijuana, backers of a City Council-authored plan on Tuesday officially launched a campaign looking to persuade voters why their compromise represents the best option

After a 40-year battle over the placement of marijuana in Schedule I, the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, ruled in January on the most recent petition to reschedule marijuana in the case of AMERICANS FOR SAFE ACCESS (ASA) v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA).

If reason prevails, San Diego will soon be back on the path to permanent safe access as the voters intended 17 years ago

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, sponsored legislation today that would stop authorities from prosecuting federal laws against marijuana use in states that have decriminalized the drug

Regulations for the medical use of marijuana in Massachusetts are scheduled to be adopted next month, but even then, many key details will remain unresolved, making it likely that dispensaries will not open for many months, a top state health official said Wednesday