San Diego California Jan 8 2018 In its first week, two things became perfectly clear about California’s legal marijuana trade: This industry is dealing with mountains of cash, and That’s an Everest-sized predicament. “The concentration of cash is causing so many problems,” said Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the California Growers Association, which represents 1,300 marijuana […]
LAS VEGAS NV Jan 4 2018 – Security at marijuana dispensaries is paramount, and man’s best friend is helping keep people honest at one local dispensary. Many marijuana businesses already have 24-hour armed security, but K-9’s can do something no human can do. They can sniff out pot making its way out of the doors with […]
El Monte CA Dec 3 2017 For the second time in just over a month, El Monte police on Thursday raided the same illegal marijuana dispensary after it resumed operating, authorities said. Thursday’s raid took place about 11 a.m. at 10755 Lower Azusa Road, Unit J, according to El Monte police Sgt. Richard Luna. The city […]
Los Angeles CA Dec 2 2017 A Los Angeles Police Department captain is being investigated for allegations of providing security at an illegal marijuana-growing operation that was discovered in a warehouse in the Sun Valley area. The LAPD confirmed that a department employee under investigation and currently assigned to home duty due to possible involvement in […]
HONOLULU HI Dec 2 2017— The Honolulu Police Department is ordering legal cannabis patients to “voluntarily surrender” any guns they own because pot is still considered an illegal drug under federal law. The initiative continues three months after Hawaii’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened for business. “Your medical marijuana use disqualifies you from ownership […]
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. Nov 17 2017 Two males and two females took large amounts of marijuana and cash as well as a security guard’s handgun in what police called a “takeover robbery” of a marijuana dispensary in North Hollywood Wednesday night. The suspects used a rifle and two handguns to carry out the robbery at 9:51 […]
San Bernardino CA Oct 15 2017 A security officer shot and wounded a man thwarting an attempted robbery at a San Bernardino marijuana dispensary Thursday night, according to San Bernardino police. Officers were called to the 300 block of West 16th Street around 8:30 p.m. on reports of “multiple shots were fired,” according to officials. They […]
Chula Vista CA Sept 30 2017 An unlicensed marijuana dispensary in Chula Vista was robbed by two men Wednesday night who took marijuana, cash and a security guard’s gun, police said. A security guard at the Green Lady dispensary told police that two men entered the business around 8:45 p.m. and pointed a gun at him […]
North Park CA Sept 3 2017 A man who was 17 when he was involved in a shootout with a security guard during a botched marijuana dispensary robbery in which one of his cohorts was killed was sentenced Friday to 65 years to life in state prison. Kurese Bell, now 20, was convicted last year of […]
Las Vegas NV Aug 26 2017 The Nevada Gaming Commission gave clear answers to several questions involving recreational marijuana use as they relate to gaming licensees: No, no, no. In the first of a series of policy discussions Thursday, the five-member board that sets policy for the gaming industry reiterated that as long as marijuana consumption […]