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Days after LA voters approved a law that limits the number of pot dispensaries in the city, HempCon, America’s biggest medical marijuana convention, kicked off in downtown Los Angeles. The event includes exhibits from local medical marijuana dispensaries, as well presentations by attorneys and activists such as Richard Eastman, who helped start the first pot dispensary in LA in the […]

Billing itself as the world’s largest medical marijuana convention, Hempcon returns April 19-21 to San Jose with “therapeutic” tunes from Wu-Tang rapper Cappadonna, samples and a medicating 420 area. Straddling the line between a marijuana festival and an educational event, Hempcon showcases the latest in hydroponics equipment, smoking utensils and organizers even advertise samples from some of the more than […]

Hempcon To Be Held in LA This Weekend May 25, 2013  by lucy Hempcon, one of America’s biggest medical marijuana conventions, is being held this weekend in Los Angeles.  The event comes right on the heels of Los Angeles’ approval of Proposition D, which limits the number of medical marijuana collectives that can operate in the city to only 135. […]

The California medical marijuana industry is taking a beating, with an estimated 200 dispensaries and scores of related cannabis businesses closing since early May. Hundreds more could be forced to shut down in the coming months, ensuring that California will remain one of the most unpredictable, chaotic MMJ markets in the country for the foreseeable future. If you’re currently operating […]

Some 20,000 people are expected at the downtown LA event, in its third year. By Angie Crouch and Jason Kandel, NBC Los Angeles – Friday, May 24 2013 Days after LA voters approved a law that limits the number of pot dispensaries in the city, HempCon, America’s biggest medical marijuana convention, kicked off in downtown Los Angeles. The event includes […]

By Dana Bartholomew, Staff Writer POSTED: 12/31/69, 4:00 PM PST | UPDATED: ON 06/01/2013 The crackdown against medical pot shops across Southern California began as soon as the state’s highest court ruled last month that cities could enforce their dispensary bans, Police have raided a legion of medical marijuana dispensaries across the Southland, while legal threats have been issued to […]

A vendor at Hempcon 2013 Despite federal raids and local land-use fights plaguing marijuana dispensaries, the industry will soon go from medicinal to outright legal, says Freddy Sayegh, an activist and criminal defense attorney. California will join the ranks of Colorado and Washington, he says, and it’s only a matter of time before the federal government reclassifies the drug from […]

Marijuana advocates are converging on LA this weekend for Hempcon, the nation’s largest pot convention. Many supporters expressed concerns that the same city hosting their event just voted to limit the number of pot shops. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Friday, May 24, 2013. (Published Friday, May 24, 2013) Updated at 11:50 PM PDT […]

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Chris Brown finds himself in legal hot water yet again. Olga Gure-Kovalenko, who was allegedly caught in a unfortunate fender bender which led to hit-and-run charges against the troubled R&B star, gave her account to the Los Angeles Police in the days after the incident on May 21. The Foxx Firm has represented Olga Gure-Kovalenko in this case and spoke on her behalf […]