Mar 31, 2011

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis mayoral bid may be coming to an end as Dumanis for Mayor Facebook is shut down. San Diego – In the beginning of March the Not Dumanis Campaign was launched in response to Bonnie Dumanis announcing her bid for San Diego Mayor, the same time the Dumanis campaign created their official Bonnie Dumanis for Mayor...

atients, Friends, and Activists– On March 28th, the San Diego City Council passed an ordinance that will effectively zone out all currently operating collectives in the city taking access to medical cannabis away from over 50,000 patients. Those facilities that wish to comply with the new rules must apply for a Conditional Use Permit Process 3 and find a...

Mar 30, 2011

April 2, 2011 12 – 4 PM Paradise Point Resort & Spa – Sunset Ballroom I-III 1404 Vacation Rd. San Diego, CA 92109 Learn about the benefits and uses of medical cannabis! Featured Speakers: • Jean Talleyrand, MD: “A Historical Review of Medical Cannabis Use in Our Society” • Mark L. Rabe, MD, ABIHM: “A Scientific Review of How Medical...

Mar 29, 2011

Attention: Patients, Collectives, and Concerned Citizens! The San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will be holding an EMERGENCY CHAPTER MEETING on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the La Jolla Brew House located at 7536 Faye Ave. San Diego CA – Collective and Cooperative Directors are encouraged to attend. We will be discussing the litigation strategy...

Today the San Diego medical marijuana community came out by the hundreds to the City Council meeting, in what was the largest attendance this City Council has seen at a meeting on any issue. Some media outlets estimated the attendance at around 600 people today. The day started at 11:30, when almost a half hour before the scheduled start time of the rally, there...

“Stop the Ban” coalition responds to 3/27/11 Union Tribune Editorial There is a disconnect in San Diego that finds the Union Tribune Editorial Board, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, and some members of the City Council on one side of the medical marijuana debate and the large majority of San Diegans, Physicians, the Medical Marijuana Task Force, and “the...

Scott Chipman, a paid lobbyist on behalf of a phony group called San Diegan’s for Safe Neighborhoods has been on a crusade against proposition 215 since it was enacted and is the main organizer of the prohibitionists planning on coming out to the SD City Council meeting on Monday. Scott Chipman has devised a plan that will attempt to divert the San Diego City...

Mar 25, 2011

Letter from the chair of the San Diego City’s own medical marijuana task force sent to the entire San Diego City Council urging them to amend this ordinance and voicing strong concern that it amounts to a ban if passed as currently written: Dear Councilmembers, We had the privilege of serving on the City of San Diego’s Medical Marijuana Task Force. As...

Mar 25, 2011

SAN DIEGO – Citizens united in opposition to the upcoming medical marijuana ordinance in San Diego on the grounds that it is too restrictive will be holding a candlelight vigil tonight 6:30-7:30 PM at the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center Garden located at 2115 Park Boulevard San Diego CA in solidarity with the medical cannabis patients that will suffer if...

Mar 24, 2011

Stop the Ban coalition responds to City Councils misleading medical marijuana zoning Map. In advance of a City Council vote on an ordinance which would regulate medical cannabis facilities, the San Diego City Council published a map as part of their legislative packet which shows areas where a collective could be located in San Diego under the ordinance as...

Mar 24, 2011

By Eugene Davidovich, Americans for Safe Access Opposition to the proposed ordinance mounts in the city as Stop The Ban campaign collects over 3,700 letters of opposition to the ordinance from residents in San Diego. On March 28, the San Diego City Council will be voting on legislation governing San Diego’s medical cannabis facilities. As currently written,...

COMMENTARY with VIDEO: What you need to know about Medical Cannabis Ordinance By: BEN CISNEROS – CANVASS FOR A CAUSE On March 28, the San Diego City Council will be voting on an ordinance governing San Diego’s medical cannabis facilities. LGBT groups, veterans groups, church groups, drug policy reformers, community activists, business groups, and others...

Mar 17, 2011

By Eugene Davidovich, San Diego ASA SAN MARCOS – In a major victory for medical marijuana advocates across the state, San Diego Superior Court Judge Thomas Nugent on Thursday morning denied the City of San Marcos a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Wellness Tree collective, allowing the medical marijuana dispensary to remain open. In 2006, when the...

On March 28th at 2pm the San Diego City Council will be voting on an ordinance that, if approved as currently written, would close every medical cannabis facility in the city and make it virtually impossible for them to reopen, threatening the quality of life for some of the most vulnerable members of our community and denying safe access for thousands of...

Patients, Activists, and Friends– Americans for Safe Access (ASA) needs your help right now to respond to a renewed federal attack on medical cannabis patients and providers. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents raided twenty-six medical cannabis facilities in Montana and two in West Hollywood, CA, in the last forty-eight hours alone! We must tell...