“The will of the California people behind medical marijuana.”

A federal judge refused Monday to issue a preliminary injunction against a Cathedral City medical marijuana dispensary, saying that while he understood the city’s “frustration,” he did not have authority to order the business to cease operations.

“This is complicated by a number of factors,” said Riverside-based U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson, before issuing a decision regarding Cathedral City-based Essential Herbs and Oils.

“It’s complicated by the will of the people of California and the will of the people of Cathedral City. The question is whether the city has a right to bring this action to this court at this time.”

An attorney had this to say.

Essential’s Brea-based attorney, Anthony Curiale, said medical marijuana is legal under California law and “not a criminal act.”

“This is an issue of state’s rights, and the city seems not to care that the people of California voted to allow seriously ill individuals to obtain the medicine recommended to them by their physicians,” Curiale said last week.

American people in general support the idea of allowing medical marijuana.

Reschedule Cannabis