Potluck at the Park

Potluck at the Park

Oct 2, 2014

Saturday, October 18, 2014 Golden Hill Park part of Balboa Park on Golden Hill Drive

Seriously Ill Medical Marijuana Patients File Federal Lawsuit Against San Diego Officials for Rights Violations

Seriously Ill Medical Marijuana Patients File Federal Lawsuit Against San Diego Officials for Rights Violations

Sep 24, 2014

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 24, 2014 Contact: San Diego Americans for Safe Access 619-651-0706 Seriously Ill Medical Marijuana Patients File Federal Lawsuit Against San Diego Officials for Rights Violations San Diego couple were acquitted by a jury after enduring a questionable paramilitary-style raid on their property San Diego, CA — A...

Medical Marijuana Patient Headed for Costly Trial Over 39 Grams of Marijuana

Medical Marijuana Patient Headed for Costly Trial Over 39 Grams of Marijuana

Jul 27, 2014

By Terrie Best San Diego, CA – Jose Calva a legal medical marijuana patient and his attorney, Michael Cindrich went before judge Jay M. Bloom downtown Wednesday to hear the evidence against Jose in a preliminary examination.  Clayton Carr, who is a brand-new Deputy District Attorney, called two witnesses: the arresting police officer and a San Diego Police...

San Diego Sheriff’s Cheerfully Release Truckload of Medical Cannabis Evidence to SocalPURE Cooperative

San Diego Sheriff’s Cheerfully Release Truckload of Medical Cannabis Evidence to SocalPURE Cooperative

Jul 7, 2014

By Terrie Best –  San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – Many years from now, if I ever have the occasion to single out my most telling turning point in the undoing of medical marijuana prohibition in my town, it might be today.  Not because an important memo was released or some great local legislation is one notch nearer to becoming...

July 2014 SDASA Chapter Meeting

July 2014 SDASA Chapter Meeting

Jul 7, 2014

San Diego Americans for Safe Access July 2014 Chapter Meeting New Location! Kafe Sobaka 2469 Broadway, San Diego, 92102 619-297-4007 or 619 702-2007 Building west of Cricket Wireless July 8, 2014 (and every second Tuesday of the month) 7:00PM – 9:00PM Mingle and meet your new and returning ASA representatives. And, catch up with special guest and...

Congratulations NEW SDASA Steering Committee Members!

Congratulations NEW SDASA Steering Committee Members!

Jun 27, 2014

Dear Friends and Members of San Diego Americans for Safe Access, It is with pride and gratitude that I introduce our new steering committee members. As many of you know, Eugene Davidovich who has selflessly led this chapter since 2009, decided not to run for chair of the San Diego ASA steering committee this year. His Chair position, along with the other...

San Diego’s Higher Love Cooperative Sentenced to Summary Probation for Manufacturing Medical Marijuana Concentrates

San Diego’s Higher Love Cooperative Sentenced to Summary Probation for Manufacturing Medical Marijuana Concentrates

Jun 24, 2014

By Terrie Best San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – Three medical cannabis patient defendants were sentenced on felony manufacturing and possession charges after butane canisters and hash oil were discovered in their home – the friends were free to go yesterday when the judge sentenced them to summary probation and a couple weeks of...

Judge Orders Return of Property in Medical Marijuana Cooperative Case, With No Argument From Prosecutor

Judge Orders Return of Property in Medical Marijuana Cooperative Case, With No Argument From Prosecutor

Jun 14, 2014

San Diego, CA – The trauma San Diego District attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ office has perpetrated on legal medical cannabis patient Laura Sharp has come to a strange but welcome end as the Deputy District Attorney handling Laura’s case dropped the charges in April and then today in court paved the way for Laura to receive all of SocalPURE, Inc...

House votes to block the DOJ from spending money on medical marijuana investigations

House votes to block the DOJ from spending money on medical marijuana investigations

Jun 1, 2014

I can’t keep myself from congratulating the staff at Americans for Safe Access … for all of their work to help make this happen. […] ASA is the one organization dedicated to medical marijuana issues exclusively–[…]–and the vote is a huge win for ASA’s constituency and its staff.

Medical Marijuana Patients Launch Not Dumanis Campaign

Medical Marijuana Patients Launch Not Dumanis Campaign

May 30, 2014

San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launches NotDumanis.com website to draw public attention to District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ fierce fight against medical marijuana patients as well as her many other failures in office. SAN DIEGO, CA – In her service as San Diego County District Attorney, Bonnie Dumanis has undermined the most...

Patients and Medical Marijuana Consumer Cooperative Hopefuls Reach out to Neighborhood Planning Leaders

Patients and Medical Marijuana Consumer Cooperative Hopefuls Reach out to Neighborhood Planning Leaders

May 28, 2014

San Diego, CA – In an on-going campaign to open dialog in San Diego communities about medical marijuana consumer cooperatives (MMCCs), patients, advocates and MMCC permit applicants have been attending Community Planning Groups (CPGs), arguably the first stop on what will be a months long process to safe access of medical cannabis in the city of San Diego...

Medical Cannabis Patients Seek Voice in Zoning for Cooperatives

Medical Cannabis Patients Seek Voice in Zoning for Cooperatives

May 19, 2014

Recently San Diego Americans for Safe Access received communications from dismayed patients wondering why the Medical Marijuana Consumer Cooperative Ordinance just passed by San Diego City Council in March was so restrictive that there would be no safe access to medical cannabis in their neighborhoods. Many declared it a ban and hearts were broken. In the...

Civic Engagement May be First Step to Expanding Medical Marijuana Ordinance

Civic Engagement May be First Step to Expanding Medical Marijuana Ordinance

Apr 24, 2014

By Terrie Best I want what the City of San Diego is now calling a Medical Marijuana Consumer Cooperative (MMCC) in my neighborhood but nowhere in my community is there an appropriate zone.  Expanding the allowable zones for MMCC’s will be challenging but according to the Planning Division, a Division of the Planning, Neighborhoods and Economic Development...

The Origin of 420, a Party – or Prohibition?

The Origin of 420, a Party – or Prohibition?

Apr 20, 2014

While many people view April 20th (and 4:20) as a day and time to celebrate ‘a weed‘ by partying, most prohibitionists see 420 as another reason to weed-out cannabis. According to High Times Magazine, the origin of code ‘420’ dates back to a 1971 group of partying teens – known as The Waldos. However, last year I discovered...

Probation Department Ordered to Allow Probationer the Use of Medical Marijuana

Probation Department Ordered to Allow Probationer the Use of Medical Marijuana

Apr 18, 2014

Bonnie Dumanis makes victims out of our vulnerable young people, please don’t vote for her.