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As more and more state laws allow the use of marijuana for medical conditions, and dispensaries are opening to provide users with access to marijuana for medical purposes (and recreational use), patients are questioning and becoming concerned about the protection of their privacy when purchasing marijuana in dispensaries. The concern is that federal law still outlaws marijuana, as do many states, and many employers conduct drug monitoring and may access and use data in the employment setting to terminate employees.

In response to these concerns, many states are enacting laws to protect the privacy of consumers who frequent marijuana dispensaries. For instance, Massachusetts does not require retailers to record customer information. Oregon does not allow marijuana retailers to record, retain or transfer personal information of customers of marijuana retailers.
Continue Reading Privacy Tip #107 – Medical Marijuana Privacy

Last week, a drone carrying 16 individual bags of marijuana, cell phones and chargers, two bags of tobacco, and 31 oxycodone pills crashed into the ground near the Washington State Prison yard.

A corrections department spokeswoman, Joan Heath, said that the drone crashed into the ground near the prison around 10:45 p.m. Drones carrying contraband into prison yards has been a growing problem. It is the newest way that inmates can get contraband into the prison to sell to other prisoners for a significant profit. For the most part, prison administrators only know that a drone has come and gone because pieces of packages dropped from the sky are found stuck in the prison yard fences or on the ground near the prison yard.
Continue Reading Contraband Drone Crashes Near Prison in Washington State