Various news sources, including the New York Post and MSNBC, have reported that Bridget Brennan, the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for New York City, has stated her opposition to the proposed medical marijuana law. I have not yet seen the actual text of the letter, but the news reports suggest a willful misreading of the proposed… Read More NYC prosecutor criticizes proposed New York medical marijuana law

I think that this article about the spreading legal war in Colorado, city-by-city, over whether to ban cannabis dispensaries demonstrates well the difference between the first generation medical marijuana laws and the second generation that is taking root here on the East Coast. The California/Colorado model fails to provide explicitly for regulation of the supply… Read More New Jersey: a new form of struggle

From the website for the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey: MEDIA ADVISORYFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE6/14/2010 The Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey (CMMNJ)http://www.cmmnj.org Medical Marijuana Press Conference in Jersey City on 6/17City officials work on guidelines; patients, professionals seek timely regulations On Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 1 PM, New Jersey medical marijuana advocacy groups… Read More Medical Marijuana Press Conference in Jersey City on 6/17

Here is a statement from the press conference by the Coalition for Medical Marijuana – New Jersey indicating that New Jersey medical marijuana advocates will be going to court to force the governor to move forward in implementing the medical marijuana law. The specific issue at hand, apparently, is the State’s refusal to allow patients… Read More Litigation coming in NJ over Governor’s intention to delay?

See the recent article on L.A.’s move to shut down dispensaries. Query whether this approach is possible in a jurisdiction in which the state government approves applications to open dispensaries – and those applications specify the address of the dispensary, meaning that the state government has already approved operation of the dispensary at a particular… Read More L.A. City Council action to limit dispensaries

Thanks to Buford Terrell for directing my attention to Carl Olsen’s litigation in Iowa to compel the Iowa Board of Pharmacy to reclassify cannabis. I have only begun reading the documents at the Iowans for Medical Marijuana website but from what I have seen so far, the essential argument is that “medical use” is defined… Read More Carl Olsen’s litigation in Iowa

Another article on the status of medical marijuana in New Jersey. Exciting for litigators. TRENTON — Legal and medical marijuana advocates say they are gearingup for a court fight if the Legislature relents and gives Gov. ChrisChristie the potentially year-long delay he wants before making thedrug legally available to chronically ill patients. The New Jersey… Read More N.J. Advocates threaten legal action if Governor delays issuing regulations

A recent article describes the preparations for enactment of regulations that will govern dispensaries in NJ. Following are excerpts from the article describing the supply side under the NJ statute. The article gives highlights of the statute and indicates how it differs from and resembles the proposed NY law.First, it prescribes a set list of… Read More Anticipating the opening of the New Jersey dispensaries

Executive Summary:[1] Proposed legislation for New York State, if enacted, will create a process by which various corporate entities can apply to the state Department of Health for registration as marijuana growers and sellers. The law apparently will allow for-profit entities to grow marijuana and sell it to not-for-profit corporations (and certain other highly-regulated entities)… Read More Growing and selling marijuana in New York under the proposed medical marijuana law