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With Humboldt County extending their dispensary moratorium for a year and Mendocino County ending its zip tie medical marijuana program, medical marijuana patients have lost their access to safe, legal medicine and attempts to implement Prop 215, which was approved by the voters 15 years ago, have come to an impasse.

"They're in clear violation of the state law," Hermes said. "There's just no question that cultivation is a right under the law."

A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists.

Lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit challenges DEA denial to reschedule marijuana for medical use

Many Golden State cities have frozen dispensary permitting while awaiting word on Pack v. Long Beach

Shortages feared at cultivation sites

In what may be the first case of its kind in state history, a Healdsburg man whose marijuana was stolen in a home-invasion robbery will be allowed to seek restitution from the defendants.

The California Supreme Court has decided to review whether cities and counties may ban medical marijuana stores.

The state's high court will attempt to clarify marijuana's hazy legal status in California.

Federal authorities are using asset forfeiture suits to force illicit medical marijuana shops to shut down