San Francisco County

Police in the Bay Area uncovered more than $3 million in marijuana plants and processed weed in late January. Local police and Solano County sheriff’s deputies raided a home in Benicia Jan. 26, acting on a tip. They found about 30 pounds of processed weed and more than 800 growing cannabis plants, police said. The case started when Benicia Police ...

Plans to open a “green light” marijuana district in San Francisco have run into problems at City Hall. The city’s planning commission voted in October to delay the permit process for a new medical cannabis dispensary in the Excelsior neighborhood, which is located near the border with South San Francisco. The neighborhood currently has three pot shops, and the industry ...

California is the nation’s pot basket: More weed is grown here than in any other state – a lot more. About half the nation’s supply of marijuana originates in California. Cannabis is also quasi-legal in the Golden State, which has a medical marijuana system with few regulations. It’s easy to get a doctor’s recommendation, and it’s even easier to find ...

At least eight people were arrested on felony charges during 4/20 celebrations in San Francisco, police said. Thousands of stoners and marijuana proponents gathered on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park, near the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, to mark the pot smokers’ holiday. They lit up at 4:20 p.m., the sacred moment for tokers. Smokers and users were joined by scores of ...

A group hoping to establish a nationwide certification for medical marijuana dispensaries gave its first-ever stamp of approval to two California pot shops Feb. 20. Americans for Safe Access, a pro-marijuana group, certified two dispensaries in the Bay Area: the Berkeley Patients Group and the San Francisco Patient and Resource Center. The group uses a certification process known as Patient ...

It’s the perfect mix of munchies and moolah. In cities across the country, including San Francisco, enterprising girls have discovered a novel method for selling Girl Scout Cookies: setting up shop outside medical marijuana dispensaries. And business is booming. Within just two hours of setting up her stand outside The Green Cross dispensary in San Francisco, 13-year-old Danielle Lei sold ...

With the popularity of medical marijuana increasing seemingly by the day, some doctors still caution patients of using it. Dr. Nikolas Lemos has been the chief forensic toxicologist for the San Francisco medical examiner’s office. And with every death that occurs, the department runs tests looking for alcohol, medications and drugs, including marijuana. “In any type of case we get ...

There’s a new group for parents, but this one is also all about weed. Parents4Pot, a San Francisco-based movement formed by weed activist Mickey Martin (of Tainted, Inc. fame), is trying to prove not just that parents who smoke pot are okay, but that they’re better than most. “‘Dad ate all the potato chips again’ is always better than ‘dad ...

A San Francisco group that sought to change marijuana’s designation as a dangerous drug lost its case before the U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 7. Currently pot is listed as a schedule 1 narcotic under federal law, along with heroin, LSD and magic mushrooms. These drugs are considered the most dangerous, the least medically beneficial and the most addictive. Even cocaine, ...

A unique group of bedfellows stood up for the future of California marijuana at a pot confab in July. Even as the federal government continues to fight weed operations that are legal at the state level, including many in SoCal, the gathered dignitaries pushed for legalization and an end to the failed war on drugs. The featured guest was former ...