Perjury Entangles Sheriff Deputy in Embarrassing Web As Activists Look On

Perjury Entangles Sheriff Deputy in Embarrassing Web As Activists Look On

Mar 2, 2016

March 2, 2016 By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – Today in the on-going trial of John Mazula – a medical cannabis patient charged with manufacturing concentrated cannabis – we heard the last of the prosecution’s case. This consisted of the same testimony we’ve been hearing from various narcotic experts all...

Lost Evidence at Issue in Medical Marijuana Concentrates Case

Lost Evidence at Issue in Medical Marijuana Concentrates Case

Feb 27, 2016

February 27th, 2016 By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – Before the superior court in El Cajon is a medical cannabis concentrates case which comes down to this single question for the jury: “Was butane gas used in the defendant’s manufacturing process or wasn’t it?” All of the typical traps San Diego District...

Local Access Project In San Diego County

Local Access Project In San Diego County

Dec 15, 2015

Dear Chapter Members, Happy Holidays from San Diego Americans for Safe Access! As a reminder, we have canceled our December 22 chapter meeting because of its proximity to the holiday.  Instead of holding the meeting, SDASA would like to ask for your help! We are rolling out our Local Access Project and reaching out to citizens of the 17 municipalities in San...

Re-filed Medical Marijuana Case Problematic for Judge in San Diego, Orlosky Charges Dismissed!

Re-filed Medical Marijuana Case Problematic for Judge in San Diego, Orlosky Charges Dismissed!

Oct 29, 2015

October 29, 2015 By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – The second medical cannabis trial of legal patient Robert Orlosky was to have begun Tuesday in San Diego superior court. Then came a welcome victory in Department 57 when Judge Charles Rogers put a stop to a mulish prosecutor and dismissed all the charges against...

DEA Agents Don’t Lie, Says San Diego Judge in Medical Marijuana Case

DEA Agents Don’t Lie, Says San Diego Judge in Medical Marijuana Case

Aug 29, 2015

By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access August 28, 2015 San Diego CA – In one of the most depressing statements from a judge I’ve heard, Judge Jay Bloom of the San Diego Superior Court vilified cannabis patient witnesses from the bench while at the same time insisting DEA agents are bound to tell the truth on the witness stand or risk...

Pretrial Motion Based on Congressional Spending Bill May Get Traction in State Medical Cannabis Case

Pretrial Motion Based on Congressional Spending Bill May Get Traction in State Medical Cannabis Case

Apr 1, 2015

By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access April 1, 2015 San Diego, CA – Today in court, absent their clients, attorneys Michael J. McCabe and Heather Bugan argued a motion to dismiss the charges in a medical cannabis case. The argument was based on a much-publicized federal spending bill that is proving promising for cannabis patients.  The...

San Diego District Attorney Dumanis Focused on Victimizing Patients and Ignoring Exculpatory Evidence in Medical Marijuana Cases

San Diego District Attorney Dumanis Focused on Victimizing Patients and Ignoring Exculpatory Evidence in Medical Marijuana Cases

Mar 11, 2015

By Terrie Best – San Diego ASA March 11, 2015 San Diego, CA – Legal medical cannabis patients Mark Gillingham, Jeff Russell and Deviyon Carter were in court today to suffer a preliminary exam at the hands of a San Diego prosecutor in a medical cannabis cultivation case. All three men are patients, have doctor recommendations and are entitled to collectively...

Feds Defy Court Order, Don’t Return Medical Cannabis

Feds Defy Court Order, Don’t Return Medical Cannabis

Nov 8, 2014

November 8, 2014 By Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Babbette Kurtz, a resident of northern California got a taste of border town, USA when she, a state legal cannabis patient, was stopped and arrested while her Jeep, medical cannabis and possessions were confiscated at a US Border Patrol checkpoint in San Diego County.  The stop happened in...

Mysterious Burglary Leads to Raid on Activist’s Office Space

Mysterious Burglary Leads to Raid on Activist’s Office Space

Oct 27, 2014

October 27, 2014 By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – Last week, a well-known local activist and small business owner was effectively shut down when Police raided his office, stole his legal medical cannabis and ordered the electric meter removed. Very little explanation was given. The bizarre story began very early...

California Narcotic Officers’ Association Bent on Increasing Arrests for Under an Ounce of Medical Marijuana

California Narcotic Officers’ Association Bent on Increasing Arrests for Under an Ounce of Medical Marijuana

Oct 4, 2014

October 4, 2014 By Terrie Best – San Diego Chapter – Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – If the California Narcotic Officers’ Association didn’t break your heart as a cannabis patient with their discovered and widely circulated “Marijuana is NOT Medicine” Training Manual, a new article found in their Summer 2014 Newsletter will surly...

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...

Charges Dismissed Against San Diego Medical Cannabis Delivery Driver

Charges Dismissed Against San Diego Medical Cannabis Delivery Driver

Sep 17, 2014

By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access September 17, 2014  San Diego, CA – Jose Calva, a young medical cannabis patient who was arrested while delivering cannabis medicine, has had charges of possession of marijuana for sale and transportation for sale dismissed in Downtown San Diego Superior Court yesterday before Judge Walsh. Jose was...

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...

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...