April 22 2015 in Federal Marijuana Issues
Why Prop 47 Came to Be? In 2011 the State of California was mandated by the federal government to fix the overcrowding of state prisons and jails by the end of 2013 (New York Times, 2015). By the end of 2013 overcrowding was still an issue with more than 10,000 prison and jail inmates needing to be...
March 21 2015 in Media Coverage
Attorney Jessica McElfresh was recently interviewed in a story about San Diego's first authorized medical marijuana dispensary opening in March 2015 at an Otay Mesa strip mall after years of legal and political complications. Click here to read the article on U-T San Diego's website. Ca...
March 12 2015 in Media Coverage
The City of San Diego has approved its second and third legal medical marijuana dispensaries with locations in Kearny Mesa and San Ysidro after many delays and urban planning concerns. San Diego medical marijuana attorney Jessica McElfresh was interviewed for this article as she represents...
March 4 2015 in Media Coverage
Prosecutors in Santa Clara County are in pursuit of criminal charges against a man for operating medical marijuana dispensaries and money laundering the profits as part of a larger global organized crime network. San Diego criminal defense attorney Jessica McElfresh was quoted about the st...
January 23 2015 in Media Coverage
Smaller cities in the San Diego metro area have rejected medical marijuana dispensaries so far, which may make the City of San Diego the lone refuge for patients and caregivers. However, San Diego medical marijuana lawyer Jessica McElfresh sees recent ballot measures in Encinitas and La Me...
January 19 2015 in Media Coverage
The oversight and regulations of medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego are still in question. Residents are concerned about criminal activity, but criminal defense lawyer Jessica McElfresh said that unlicensed operators are involved in those scenarios. "No one would go through this process if ...
December 18 2014 in Media Coverage
The federal government has signaled that it is ready to ease up on states allowing medical marijuana. However, San Diego criminal defense attorney Jessica McElfresh says that federal raids on individual medical marijuana dispensaries may continue and it is too early to say how the Departme...
December 6 2014 in Media Coverage
Recently, the City of Vista has been criminally charging operators of illegal marijuana dispensaries that are not licensed or approved for medical marijuana. San Diego, on the other and, has opted to pursue civil injunctions. Marijuana opponents are calling for similar criminal charges in ...
November 21 2014 in Media Coverage
The controversial approval process for San Diego's first legal medical marijuana dispensaries has become even more complex now that environmental regulation is being cited. Applicants further down the list for the medical marijuana dispensary application process are employing this strategy...
October 23 2014 in Media Coverage
San Diego recently loosened rules about where medical marijuana dispensaries can open up shop, softening up the ban against opening a dispensary within 1,000 feet of a "minor-oriented facility." This language has been confusing, so the City has decided to change how the rule is enforced. S...
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