Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Court dismisses cities' lawsuit challenging cannabis deliveries in California

MMP News AuthorNovember 18, 2020

In a win for California’s struggling cannabis industry, a Fresno judge has dismissed a lawsuit by 24 cities seeking to invalidate state regulations allowing delivery of cannabis to homes in communities that have outlawed sales in shops. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Rosemary McGuire said in a ruling made public ... Read More

Baja California residents asked to consider civil unions and medicinal marijuana

MMP News AuthorNovember 6, 2020

TIJUANA (Border Report) — Some lawmakers in the Mexican border state of Baja California are suggesting what up until recently have been considered radical concepts south of the border: Civil unions and medicinal marijuana. One politician is suggesting couples who have been together for more than three years be afforded ... Read More

Wrongful Death Suit Filed in California Over Woman Who Died After Ingesting Marijuana

MMP News AuthorOctober 26, 2020

The law firm CaseyGerry has filed a lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court on behalf of the parents of Le’Sharia Bre’Aun Steele, a 28-year old flight attendant from Alabama who died in San Diego, Calif. after reportedly consuming a KushyPunch Tropical Hybrid gummy. The suit was filed against the companies ... Read More

California growers concerned about smoke-tainted cannabis

MMP News AuthorOctober 10, 2020

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO/CNN) — A young but booming industry in California is carefully watching the wildfire crisis in the state. They’re worried the growing flames will have a negative effect on one of the state’s biggest crops: cannabis. It’s harvest time in Sonoma County. We’ve already heard about the ... Read More

California Operation Eradicates 1.1 Million Marijuana Plants At 455 Illegal Grow Sites

MMP News AuthorOctober 9, 2020

RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — More than 1.1 million marijuana plants at 455 grow sites up and down California have been eradicated under a campaign that state officials say is the nation’s largest illegal marijuana eradication program. Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Kern counties were among ... Read More

California eradicates 1.1 million illegal marijuana plants

MMP News AuthorOctober 8, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) – California’s annual campaign against illegal marijuana cultivation eradicated more than 1.1 million plants and 20.5 tons (18,597 kilograms) of processed pot at 455 grow sites despite difficulties because of coronavirus precautions and massive wildfires, officials said Thursday. The 13-week effort by state, local and federal agencies ... Read More