ASA legal seminar in San Diego on Friday March 30

ASA legal seminar in San Diego on Friday March 30

Mar 28, 2012

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Chief Counsel Joe Elford will be in San Diego on Friday for a two-hour legal seminar to discuss important new appellate court decisions on medical cannabis in California. These decisions may have a profound impact on how patients get their medicine and on how attorneys defend them in court. Mr. Elford will also be discussing...

Imperial Beach Medical Marijuana Signature Gathering Effort Begins

Imperial Beach Medical Marijuana Signature Gathering Effort Begins

Mar 26, 2012

Advocates begin circulating petition to overturn city’s ban on safe access to medical marijuana. Imperial Beach, CA – On Friday, a team of community activists converged on Imperial Beach, began circulating a petition and gathering signatures to place the Safe Access Ordinance of Imperial Beach (IB) on the November 2012, ballot. If passed, the measure would...

Volunteer Saturdays, Legal Seminar and Other Medical Marijuana Events this Month

The fight for safe access and patient’s rights throughout San Diego County is in full swing and we need your help! This month in partnership with Canvass for a Cause our chapter has launched the signature gathering effort in Imperial Beach to place the Safe Access Ordinance of Imperial Beach on the City’s ballot in November 2012. If passed the initiative...

Medical Cannabis Events and Meetings in March – Get Involved

Medical Cannabis Events and Meetings in March – Get Involved

Mar 17, 2012

If there was ever a time to get involved in the fight for Safe Access to medical cannabis in San Diego, the time is now! This month our chapter has lots of great events planned throughout the county. Today, there will be a weekly volunteer meeting in Imperial Beach where we will be planning our IB Safe Access signature drive, on Tuesday at Canvass for a Cause...

Working for Reform in Imperial Beach

Working for Reform in Imperial Beach

Mar 14, 2012

by: Marcys Boyd, Imperial Beach Americans for Safe Access To put the needs of sick and dying patients ahead of politics in Imperial Beach, we need people committed to reform in our local community. Medical marijuana is an important local compassionate use issue, an issue that local officials have attempted to govern using a ridiculous, county sponsored,...

ExtravaGANJA Comedy Show

ExtravaGANJA Comedy Show

Mar 14, 2012

Join us at the all NEW location for another laugh out loud, side splitting, hilarious San Diego ASA ExtravaGANJA medical marijuana comedy show, with Bernard ‘Burnz’ Daley and special guest Jay London! Have a great time and help raise money for San Diego ASA! Tickets are $10 per person at the door, 21 and up, doors open at 8, show starts at 9. For...

March Meeting Update and Chapter News

March Meeting Update and Chapter News

Mar 14, 2012

San Diego ASA Members and Friends, Thank you to everyone who came out to the March 2012 San Diego ASA chapter meeting last night at the La Jolla Brew House. The meeting was a tremendous success! Last night we discussed the latest news from ASA national, heard from attorney Lance Rogers who provided updates about state wide litigation effecting patients’...

Americans for Safe Access Monthly Activist Newsletter – March 2012

Americans for Safe Access Monthly Activist Newsletter – March 2012

Mar 10, 2012

ASA Activist Newsletter: March 2012 Calif. Appeals Courts Rule on Dispensaries; Nevada Distribution Rules Unconstitutional; Rhode Island to OK Dispensaries; Coalition Fights Feds in San Francisco; Transplant Denial Subject of Expose; Activists Speak Out in Week of Action. In This Issue: California Appeals Courts Issue Dispensary Rulings Judge...

Cannabis Cooking with Kim

Cannabis Cooking with Kim

Mar 9, 2012

Editors Note: Canna Chef Kim will be teaching cannabis cooking at the next SD ASA meeting on March 13th, 2012 from 7-9pm at the La Jolla Brew House. Stop by and check it out! Written by Canna Chef Kim, Executive Director of Mother Earth Co-op, Serving San Diego MMJ Patients Since 2005 Civilizations throughout the world have realized the benefits of cannabis...

Legal Seminar: Navigating Safe Access to Medical Marijuana through the California State and Federal Courts

Legal Seminar: Navigating Safe Access to Medical Marijuana through the California State and Federal Courts

Mar 8, 2012

Last year, California appellate courts ruled in Pack v. City of Long Beach and City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness Center, considerably altering the legal landscape of safe access to medical marijuana. In January, after urging from ASA and other groups, the California Supreme Court decided to review these harmful rulings,...

Imperial Beach Initiative Would Regulate Dispensaries and Repeal City’s Ban

By: Eugene Davidovich Medical marijuana advocates unveiled a proposed ballot measure this week for the City of Imperial Beach that would create zoning and operational standards for medical cannabis dispensing collectives and cooperatives. IMPERIAL BEACH, CA – Medical marijuana patients and advocates with San Diego Americans for Safe Access, a local chapter of...