In the wake of the recent raids on legitimate medical marijuana dispensaries in Costa Mesa, CA this past week, the Feds have sent letters to all land lords who rent to dispensaries notifying them that unless they evict their property will be seized.   This has pretty much sealed the fate for the majority of [...]

Here is a round up of the news for the medical marijuana industry in LA/Orange County this week. 1)Medical marijuana dispensaries in Long Beach, CA are not going anywhere yet.   At a recent meeting with the city counsel they decided to delay making any decisions until the State Supreme Court decides whether or not [...]

A lot has happened to the medical marijuana industry in 2011.   I expect more of the same for 2012 so hold onto your shorts.   2011 was supposed to be a year of growth for the medical marijuana industry.  More and more patients in California were seeing the benefits of this plant first hand [...]

Since 2008 Doctor Breen has been evaluating patients in Long Beach that qualify to use medical marijuana under California’s proposition 215.    His office is located at the Los Altos Medical Center at 1777 N Bellflower Blvd Suite 212 which is down the street from the VA Hospital and Long Beach State.   His practice [...]

In the past month, Medicann Medical Marijuana Clinics shut down two of their flagship locations: Anaheim and Long Beach, CA.     Medicann has been serving California patients since 2004 and operated over 20 clinics across the state.   However in the past 12 months they have seen profits drop as more and more illegal [...]

It seems like more and more medical marijuana clinics are popping up offering marijuana cards.    For patients who do a simple google search or look the local OC Weekly there are tons of ads advertising doctors recommendations for marijuana.    For many patients this is a very intimidating process and they want to go [...]

Since proposition 215 was passed in 1996 by California voters patients have been able to use medical marijuana legally.  However, because of lack of accurate information the majority of California patients have no idea that they would even qualify to use medical marijuana.   This blog post will walk you through whether or not you [...]

Since 2008 Dr. Sean Breen has been performing medical marijuana evaluations to patients in the Long Beach community.   His office is conveniently located at the Los Altos Medical Plaza next to Long Beach State.   To present he has discussed this medication with over 10,000 patients who have tried to qualify under Proposition 215 [...]

The medical marijuana industry in California has been on a roller coaster ride since 2008 when President Obama took office. We witnessed a small niche community explode into a mainstream industry with doctors offices and dispensaries popping up across the state. The federal government went from a posture of “the big bad wolf” to little [...]

Some times you need to hear it directly from the horses mouth.   This week I invited an investigating officer (law enforcement) from the California Medical Board to my office to discuss what is truly the standard of care when recommending marijuana to patients.   There is a lot of misinformation on the internet and [...]