After the federal raids of Oaksterdam University, founder Richard Lee’s home, Coffeeshop Blue Sky, an affiliated dispensary, the Oaksterdam Museum, and even the Oaksterdam Gift Shop on April 2, 2012, many qualified patients have wondered if they should renew their recommendation. Others who have not yet obtained a recommendation are wondering if they should do so. People question whether anyone in law enforcement respects medical cannabis law or the rights of qualified patients, and thus, is there any point in having a recommendation. Others worry if getting a recommendation will put them at greater risk of arrest or harassment, than not having one.

Despite these concerns, qualified patients are better off if they have a current recommendation. Below are some questions and answers that demonstrate why.

In every corner of the state from San Francisco to San Diego, federal prosecutors are on a massive, national campaign to close all medical-marijuana dispensaries!

We need a massive campaign on social networks to flood the White House and the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. with protests against this blatant violation of state’s rights.

I’m personally asking YOU, my reader, to use social networking to demand that the White House stop their idiotic campaign to close ALL medical-marijuana dispensaries.

The Recent Rulings of Lake Forest v. Evergreen Holistic Collective and People v. Colvin

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Addressing the issue of cities regulating medical cannabis collectives, in Lake Forest the justices ruled that cities and counties must allow storefront collectives, that all cultivation must be on-site and must be essentially the sole source of medicine for the entire membership. The decision also discusses collective transportation of medical cannabis. Specifically, the justices ruled that collective members do not have an affirmative defense to transport more than their personal amount of medical marijuana to and from a cultivation site.