Medical Marijuana Doctor Evaluations and Recommendations

New Redding Location

Staff — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:42:51 +0000

We have relocated our Redding office to a new location! Now in the Castle, we are committed to providing the best professional and compassionate service possible.

Redding Office

1647 Hartnell Ave. #13 (In the Castle)
Redding, CA 95602

Hours:

Monday: Appointment Only
Tuesday: 10-6pm
Thursday: 10-6pm
Friday: 10-4pm

Call for an appointment 877.563.4156

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New Tahoe Location

Staff — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:45:34 +0000

We have moved to a new South Lake Tahoe Location. We are now right around the corner, just minutes away.

2048 Dunlap Street #6
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Our hours will be remaining the same:

Wednesday: 12-5pm
Saturday: 12-5pm

Call for an appointment 877.563.4156

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Measure To Legalize Marijuana Introduced in Congress

Staff — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:38:35 +0000

June 23, 2011 – House lawmakers introduced legislation in Congress today to end the federal criminalization of the personal use of marijuana.

The bipartisan measure – entitled the ‘Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011’ and sponsored by Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank and Texas Republican Ron Paul along with Reps. Cohen (D-TN), Conyers (D-MI), Polis (D-CO), and Barbara Lee (D-CA) – prohibits the federal government from prosecuting adults who use or possess marijuana by removing the plant and its primary psychoactive constituent, THC, from the five schedules of the United States Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Under present law, all varieties of the marijuana plant are defined as illicit Schedule I controlled substances, defined as possessing ‘a high potential for abuse,’ and ‘no currently accepted medical use in treatment.’

The ‘Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act’ seeks to federally deregulate the personal possession and use of marijuana by adults. It marks the first time that members of Congress have introduced legislation to eliminate the federal criminalization of marijuana since the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937.

NORML, along with representatives from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), and the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), worked closely with members of Congress in drafting the measure.

California Medical Marijuana Employment Rights Bill Approved by Senate Committee

Staff — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:32:42 +0000

PRESS RELEASE
Americans for Safe Access
For Immediate Release: April 5, 2011

California Medical Marijuana Employment Rights Bill Approved by Senate Committee
Legislation would prevent discrimination, continue to guard against impairment at the workplace

Sacramento, CA — The State Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 today, approving a bill that would protect medical marijuana patients from discrimination at the workplace. Senate Bill 129, introduced by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) in January is an attempt to clarify the legislative intent of the state’s Medical Marijuana Program Act passed in 2003. While clearly establishing a patient’s right to work, SB 129 continues to prohibit on-the-job impairment. The bill now moves to the senate floor for an as-of-yet unscheduled vote.

“When Californians approved the compassionate use of cannabis, they never intended for it to apply only to unemployed people,” said Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). “With unemployment at record-high rates, we should be doing everything we can to keep productive and responsible members of the workforce in their jobs.”

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Also see: Delayed Vote Delayed on SB 129

Legislative Update – Hearings on Cultivation Decrim, Medical Marijuana Regulation, Industrial Hemp

Staff — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:32:25 +0000

April 18 – On April 26th, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee will be hearing Assemblymember Tom Ammiano’s bill AB 1017 to downgrade marijuana cultivation from a mandatory felony to a wobbler (that is, optional misdemeanor). AB 1017 is sponsored by the new District Attorney from Mendocino County, David Eyster, with support from other north coast officials who believe that it’s a waste of law enforcement resources to prosecute minor cultivation cases as felonies. The bill is a good first step; Cal NORML would prefer to see personal use cultivation decriminalized entirely:

The committee will also be hearing AB 1300 by Assemblymember Blumenfield, which tries to clarify state laws regarding the power of local government to regulate medical marijuana collectives. The present version of the bill suffers technical problems that need to be fixed.

Also on April 26th, the Senate Public Safety Committee will be hearing Mark Leno’s bill SB 676to legalize production of industrial hemp. The bill has already been approved by the Agriculture
Committee by a vote of 5-1.

UPDATE 4/19: A forfeiture reform bill will also be heard on April 26: A.B.
639 by Assemblyman Chris Norby. The bill is the same as the one Sen. Vasconcellos sponsored in 2000. CalNORML has written in support of Norby’s bill.

On April 27th, the Senate Governance and Finance Committee will be hearing a pair of bills aimed at regulating medical cannabis dispensaries and collectives:

(1) SB 847, the Medical Cannabis Licensing Act by Sen. Lou Correa, would establish a comprehensive statewide licensing system for production and distribution of marijuana. SB 847 offers a potential workable framework for state regulation, but has serious problems that need to be fixed (for example, it would require licensing of individual patients and small-scale, not-for-profit collective grows).

(2) SB 626,the Cannabis Certification and Regulation Act, by Sen. Calderon, would require distributors and growers of medical marijuana to register and have their products certified by the State Board of Equalization. Extensive records would have to be kept, and wholesalers would have to pre-pay a portion of the retail sales tax. SB 626 includes NO guarantee that collectives which complied with the law would be exempt from prosecution for sales, cultivation, etc. Cal NORML believes that SB 626 provides inadequate protections for collectives and offers an unworkable scheme for state regulation.