Monday, August 22, 2011

Anaheim Ban Back On

By far the most publicized and significant case in Southern California has been the case of Qualifed Patients Association vs. The City of Anaheim.  Last fall the California Appellate Court sent this case back to the Superior Court for a trial on the legality of Anaheim's ban of medical marijuana.

Well now Judge Chaffee has now spoken.  Judge Chaffee is essentially saying that proposition 215 passed by Califonria voters in 1996 nor the the state law that came seven years later (SB 420)  preempt the autority of cities to regulate medical marijuana business in their respective cites. For the full story  from the Los Angeles Times click on the link below.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dispensaries-20110820,0,7595286.story?obref=obnetwork