San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force Meeting #4 10/30/2009

The San Diego Medical Marijuana Task force will meet Friday October 30th, 2009, for the fourth time to deliberate on regulations for medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives in the city. One of the items presented to the task force will be a public opinion poll of City of San Diego residents conducted by Elizabeth Sheld of Competitive Edge Research and...

Checking Bonnie’s facts – San Diego City Beat

Was the D.A. leveling with us at her pot-raid news conference? By Dave Maass After the Sept. 9 raids on 14 medical cannabis dispensaries, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis issued a press release gloating about how she shut down the operations of “drug dealers.” Yet, Dumanis provided very little evidence to back up her blanket claims. CityBeat presents this...

Congressional Medical Marijuana Bill Lifts Ban on Evidence in Federal Court

For Immediate Release: October 27th, 2009 “Truth in Trials” Act corrects unfair trials, complements recent DOJ guidelines Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-CA) and more than twenty original bipartisan co-sponsors introduced legislation today that would allow defendants in medical marijuana cases the ability to use medical...

San Diego ASA Meeting Tonight at 7pm

Come out to learn whats going on in the community, the state, and the nation. The San Diego ASA meeting starts tonight at 7 pm at: 6070 Mt. Alifan Dr. Ste 202 San Diego, CA 92111

COURT SUPPORT – Joseph Malone – Monday 9am

Court Hearing for Joseph Malone – 9:00 AM – MONDAY OCT 26 – will be assigned a trial courtroom from Department 11. San Diego Superior Court -220 W Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 Joseph is on trial for operating a medical cannabis collective. He was arrested and charged as a part of the Operation Green Rx investigations that have been ongoing for...

San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force – AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009, AT 9:00 A.M.

Come out and support the medical marijuana task force as they deliberate and attempt to come up with regulations. The regular task force meeting is this Thursday morning at 9 am. Help protect safe access in San Diego. Come and speak, as there is ample opportunity for public comment and your voices are needed. Below is the official agenda for the meeting on...

Peaceful Protest / Rally Against CNOA -Thursday – October 22 – 5:30pm Doubletree Hotel

Peaceful Protest / Rally CNOA 2009 Awards Ceremony Thursday – October 22 – 5:30pm Doubletree Hotel 7450 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92108 The California Narcotics Officers Association is holding their annual awards ceremony in San Diego this year. Some of the officers receiving awards are being recognized for their efforts in eradicating medical...

SDNN: Medical Marijuana; How sick do you have to be?

Eugene Davidovich: Proving My Medical Marijuana Case October 20, 2009 Thanks to the compassion of California voters, Proposition 215 was passed to help the sick get access to the medicine that helps them. But, how sick do you have to be? Some in our community, particularly in leadership, have attempted to persuade us that Proposition 215 only authorizes the use...

Judge Rules Against LA Dispensary Ban

Judge grants injunction against city’s medical marijuana dispensary ban October 19, 2009 11:13 am A Superior Court judge concluded today that Los Angeles’ moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries is invalid and granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the ban sought by a dispensary that had sued the city. Judge James C....

DOJ: Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana

Memorandum for Selected United State Attorneys on Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana Today Attorney General Eric Holder announced formal guidelines for federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Those guidelines are contained in a memo from Deputy...

AP Newsbreak: New medical marijuana policy issued

By DEVLIN BARRETT (AP) – 5 hours ago WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told...

NYT: LA Prepares For Clash Over Marijuana

Ms. Dumanis said that she approved of medical marijuana clubs where patients grow and use their own marijuana, but that none of the 60 or so dispensaries in the county operated that way. “These guys are drug dealers,” she said of the 14 that were raided. “I said publicly, if anyone thinks we’re casting too big a net and we get a legitimate patient or a...

Weekly Saturday Party for Change

10/17/09 Raising Funds and Awareness 4:20pm – 8pm 1050 S. Santa Fe Ave. Vista, CA 92084 FREE ADMISSION! Everyone is welcome and needed! Come join the movement for changing the status quo of our government which is fighting the will of the people. Party for reform! Open-Mic night at MIA!! Bring your songs, guitars, poems, & acts! Get yourself recorded...

Case Law Interpreting Health & Safety Code 11362.775

Case law interpreting California Health & Safety Code § 11362.775, which provides specific legal protections for the association of qualified persons within the State in order to collectively or cooperatively cultivate marijuana for medical purposes: (1) People v. Hochanadel, 98 Cal.Rptr.3d 347 (filed 8/18/2009) – Court concluded that “the MMPA’s...

North County ASA Meeting TONIGHT 7pm

San Diego – North County ASA 1050 S. Santa Fe Ave. Vista, CA 92084 (Click Here for Map) October 16, 2009 – 7pm