The star of this meal is marijuana, but it’s the aftermath of this secret dinner that might surprise you.

After Proposition 19 received 46% of the vote in 2010, proponents took heart. They vowed to put a measure to fully legalize marijuana on the 2012 ballot. Instead, four camps vie for funding.rnrnLike growers, dispensary operators know that broader legalization of marijuana could lower prices and bring more competitors into their business.

California cities may not ban medical marijuana dispensaries, but the operations may sell only weed that is grown on site, an appeals court ruled in an Orange County case.

Few standards apply to quality of marijuana, because the federal government considers all use illegal.rn

The Republican Presidential Hopeful takes his message of legal marijuana to the Los Angeles proletariat at The International Drug Policy Reform Conference

In a major victory for the City, Anthony J. Mohr says pot facilities have no vested rights

Marijuana should become a legalized drug in the same way that alcohol is, the California Medical Association now says

Los Angeles Times reports Superior Court Judge Ronaled Prager rules that the operations violate city zoning laws.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Appellate Court rules the city authorized distribution of pot is in violation of federal law. The decision could force Los Angeles to rewrite its medical marijuana ordinance.rn

Wow. You mean those folks at NORML could be right -– that the best way to win the war on drugs is with legal marijuana? Rand Corp concludes that crime increased when legal marijuana dispensaries were forced to close.