So much for the City Attorney and local business. How do the police uphold state law when the Feds drop in?
I recently spoke with a LBPD undercover narcotics investigator–who works closely with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency–about the November 20th federal raid (and subsequent closure) of Long Beach Compassionate Caregivers, a local medical marijuana [...]

When state and federal laws conflict the City Attorney is put in a very awkward position. Local businesses, too.
On October 2nd of last year federal DEA agents raided Long Beach Compassionate Caregivers (aka LBCC–no jokes, people), one of 11 medical marijuana dispensaries then operating in Long Beach. Despite the 1996 passage of Prop. [...]

Sick people can go to hell, but they should stop by the welfare office first
In 1996 Californians voted to enact the Compassionate Use Act, permitting the cultivation and use of marijuana for medical reasons. Not wanting to look too flaky, seven years later the state followed up with SB 420, which implemented an ID [...]