Dumanis Continues Raiding While Court of Appeals Tells Her She is Wrong

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access SAN DIEGO — Wednesday, October 24 a dozen armed, masked NTF agents stormed Next Generation, a legal medical marijuana collective located on San Ysidro Blvd. in San Diego. The raid came just hours after the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District reversed Jovan Jackson’s conviction. In...

Proposition S Volunteer – Lit Drop in Imperial Beach

Proposition S Volunteer – Lit Drop in Imperial Beach

Oct 21, 2012

With the election only 14 days away, we urgently need your help in Imperial Beach! Aside form the mass mailer full of reefer madness propaganda and unsubstantiated lies about what Proposition S would do, distributed to all the voters in the city, the opposition has started putting up ‘NO on S’ yard signs throughout the community. As the NO signs started...

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Appellate Case Update

Last week, Joe Elford, Chief Counsel for Americans for Safe Access was in town to argue the Jackson medical marijuana dispensary case before the Appellate Courts. Watch the exclusive interview with Mr. Elford where he discussed the hearing and the impact of the case on medical marijuana dispensaries in California minutes after arguing the case: Interview by:...

DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

Oct 18, 2012

By: Joe Elford Just hours after the U.S. Court of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal landmark case Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, the court ordered supplemental briefing on the issue of “standing.” In a rare move for a case that has been covered by the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, Bloomberg News,...

Appeals Court hears case on medical value of marijuana

Appeals Court hears case on medical value of marijuana

Oct 16, 2012

by: Jonathan Bair, ASA (republished from: ASA’s Blog) This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is an appeal of the DEA’s rejection of a petition filed in 2002 seeking to change the placement of marijuana as a Schedule I drug per the...

We need your help now more than ever!

We need your help now more than ever!

Oct 16, 2012

Over the last few months we have seen safe access taken away from thousands of legitimate patients in San Diego through raids, arrests, and intimidation by our local City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy. The community however, has not sat back quietly and allowed this to happen. This November, there are four...

Appellate Court to Hear Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Thursday in San Diego

Appellate Court to Hear Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Thursday in San Diego Advocates fight to overturn a wrongful conviction and preserve the right to a medical marijuana defense San Diego, CA — Appellate court oral arguments are set to occur Thursday in a widely watched medical marijuana dispensary case that raises the question of what defines a...

San Diego ASA October Chapter Meeting

San Diego ASA October Chapter Meeting

Oct 2, 2012

The October, 2012 monthly San Diego ASA chapter meeting is almost here! Join us Tuesday October 9, 2012 – 6:30pm at the La Jolla Brew House and Restaurant, located at 7536 Fay Ave, La Jolla, 92037 (Meeting is held in the back room of the brew house) RSVP on Facebook! Starting at 6:30pm to 7:30pm we will be holding a Happy Hour / Meet & Greet, where we...