California Weeding Out Illegal Sales by Pot Clubs
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has ordered a crackdown on medical pot clubs, charging that some are illegally selling marijuana for profit. In an 11-page directive issued this week, Brown laid out the guidelines medical marijuana cooperatives must follow to be in compliance with Proposition 215. “The voters wanted medical marijuana dispensaries to be used […]
Legislative Update: New Child Abuse Bill
Assembly Bill 116, introduced by Assembly-member Greg Aghazarian, would alter California’s current child abuse laws.
This bill would provide that any parent, guardian, or caregiver of a minor child who knowingly and unlawfully consumes, smokes, inhales, ingests, or otherwise uses a specified controlled substance, if the act occurs in the immediate presence of, or is witnessed […]
Penalties for Weapons and Drugs
Weapon and drug infractions often go together, and recently a high profile case of weapons and drug possession was reported. Rapper Yung Berg was busted in New York City after police investigated a complaint by a limo driver. He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of marijuana and menacing.
Weapon charges in […]
DEA and Pot Busts
In a truly intriguing development, Drug Enforcement Administration agents busted a Culver City medical marijuana dispensary on the same day an appellate court in San Diego ruled that federal law does not preempt California’s medical pot law.
Drug laws in California differ from drug laws enforced by federal agents, which usually leads to stress between the two […]
Sanctuary City and Los Angeles
San Francisco has some legislation and policies under it’s current mayor, Gavin Newsom, which shields illegal immigrants from federal immigration authorities, thus making San Francisco a “sanctuary city” in a sense. However, many pundits have accused the city and Mayor Newsom of creating a sanctuary city for criminals, as a number of violent and drug crimes have […]
Drug Offenses, the NFL and You: Tips on How to Cope
Matt Jones, star wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars football team, was arrested on drug charges after being founding cutting up cocaine with a credit car in his car. There was also a jar that allegedly had marijuana residue.
While Jones faces felony charges, the two individuals with him face misdemeanor charges.
The specific charge Jones will […]
How Will the Upcoming Elections Affect Criminal Drug Law?
There are two important upcoming elections that can and will affect the criminal drug laws in California, the upcoming presidential and gubernatorial elections. It’s important to remember that both political parties have differing views of crime control, Republicans tend to be more in favor of putting people in jail while Democrats usually favor rehabilitation and […]
Broadcom Founder Indicted on Drug Charge
The co-founder of Broadcom, one of Southern California’s largest technology firms, has been indicted for using and distributing illegal drugs in his home. Henry Nicholas and Broadcom’s former CFO William Ruehle were also indicted in an alleged stock option back-dating scheme. Nicholas surrendered to federal law enforcement officers late last week.
Personal use of illegal drugs is […]
AG’s Plan Aims to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
This week California Attorney General Edmund Brown announced a plan to curb prescription drug abuse. Prescription drugs are the most abused drugs in America, particularly among teens, young adults, women and seniors. Brown’s plan would make patients’ prescription drug histories available to doctors and pharmacies on an internet data base. The data base would be […]
Marijuana: A Growing Problem in California
California has an odd drug culture, as the state government and the federal government have slightly different attitudes towards drug law and enforcement of the law. One major area of concern for both the state and the federal governments is the growing of Marijuana, since it poses not only a problem in terms of distribution, […]
keep looking »