Cannabis Law Group's Medical Marijuana Legal Blog
A California man was arrested recently in connection with an alleged crime involving a chocolate bar containing THC. According to KEYT, the incident occurred on March 12, 2017 and the man was arrested both because of other drugs found during a search, as well as because he was accused of not disclosing to the woman who consumed the candy that there was cannabis in the confectionary treat. 
Under the laws in the state of California, knowingly providing an edible cannabis product to another person without first informing the recipient that the food contains cannabis can be considered a form of unlawful poisoning. This can result in legal charges and criminal prosecution. If you are arrested for this type of crime or if you are arrested for any offense related to cannabis, it is important you contact a marijuana criminal defense lawyer for help responding to serious charges.
You could potentially face substantial penalties for the crime of poisoning or other marijuana crimes, and you should work with your attorney to develop a sound legal defense strategy aimed at securing an acquittal or aimed at reducing possible penalties through the effective negotiation of a reasonable plea bargain. Continue reading
After Proposition 64 passed, much of the regulation of both medical marijuana and recreational marijuana sales feel into the hands of several state agencies, including a newly created marijuana agency. However, the cities and local municipalities still get to decide on various issues related to the recreational cannabis industry. This includes regulations that pertain to licensing stores within their respective jurisdictions, whether they should apply a local tax to the sale of marijuana for recreational use, and various other issues. 
The women who work at the company wear habits similar to those in worn by Catholic nuns, but the company is not affiliated with any Catholic order. She calls this her new calling, and this is to provide much needed medical cannabis to patients in need. She operates the company from her home and says that she is working to erase any negative stigma commonly associated with medical marijuana. She wants to make it clear that this is medicine with true healing ability and not just an excuse for people to smoke pot and get high. 
There are grow operations that use massive indoor spaces, some as big as 200,000 square feet, which is around the size of a big box store, to grow marijuana in a traditional growing medium. These indoor grow operations are secure and have special features to keep any types of mites or other pests from getting to the plants. Modern ones require workers to wear clean suits with no pockets, and then they must go through a wind tunnel prior to coming in contact with plants to keep the pests away. The air in these large medical marijuana operations is recycled multiple times a day or even a few times an hour to make sure there is not any contamination. 
This raid was conducted at a medical marijuana facility in San Diego. The facility was used to distribute CO2 extracted medical cannabis products. CO2 extraction involves the use of super critical carbon dioxide as a solvent to extract essential oils from plants. In the case of medical marijuana, the oils are extracted from mostly the trim of marijuana plants to make oils and tinctures that can be used for various medical applications. 
The first problem that affects states all over the country is that federal law prohibits the transportation (trafficking) of medical marijuana across state lines. This means that any medical cannabis sold in the state must be grown and processed in the state as well. This means that there must be grow operations, and the state decided that that there should 15 of them. This is more than other states, but it still makes for a very competitive and potentially politically charged process.