LAKE FOREST – Superior Court Judge David Chaffee in Lake Forest CA on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, granted a request by the city for a preliminary injunction which will now allow the city to shut down all medical marijuana dispensing collectives, cooperatives, grows, and other related uses. Judge Chaffee “found that under state law a city cannot pass a...

Today at 6pm we are holding the monthly San Diego ASA meeting at the Pt. Loma Library (3701 Voltaire Street San Diego, CA 92107) This is a time in San Diego when you should be most involved and on top of what is happening in the county and the city with regulations and laws. Alex Kreit the chair of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force and Professor at...

This Friday come out and let the COUNTY planning commission know how we feel about the illegal county ordinance being proposed. They will be voting on the San Diego County Ordinance originally proposed last month and revised last week. Here is the revised version: http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/dplu/docs/PC/2010/100514-2.pdf The ordinance effectively bans medical...

MONDAY 5/10/10 – DAY OF ACTION – COURT SUPPORT Come out and support your fellow community members when they need your help most! On Monday 5/10/10 two of our own are going to court in San Diego. The first is an arraignment in state court from a raid a couple months ago in an Encinitas home, and the other is Joseph Nunes Sentencing in Federal Court from the...

By: Larry Sweet, San Diego MMTF / San Diego ASA As the author of the two-tier permitting recommendation from the Medical Marijuana Task Force (MMTF), I have often been asked “why don’t you support level four permitting for dispensaries?” It is a reasonable question and one that deserves a considered opinion. I hope the following helps clarify this question...

May 5, 2010

By: Marcus Boyd, San Diego ASA The Imperial Beach City Council heard the 2nd Status Report on Interim Ordinance No. 2009-1091 at the IB city council meeting on Wednesday evening April 21st, 2010. Ordinance No. 2009-1091 is/was the anxiously awaited medical marijuana zoning ordinance for the City of Imperial Beach requested by local citizens concerned about the...

By: Dan Murphy, San Diego ASA Many in the community thought that since losing twice at a Jury trial, San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ office would reconsider further prosecuting and arresting legitimate medical marijuana patients. Unfortunately this is far from the case. Laura Reindel of Encinitas is being charged in state court for cultivation and...

May 3, 2010

By: Larry Sweet, San Diego ASA The biannual Patients Out of Time Conference was held this year in Providence, Rhode Island. The conference keynote speaker was the discoverer of THC and eventually other Cannabinoid, Dr. Raphael Mechoulam. There were over thirty speakers packed into a two-day conference so the information flow was intense. Add to that the fact...

May 2, 2010

By: Dan Murphy, San Diego ASA The old ways are dead. You can no longer railroad the disenfranchised into easy plea deals. You can no longer ignore REAL crime and instead target the sick. You can no longer confiscate the property of law abiding citizens. You can no longer acquire federal grants to eradicate voilent asian gangs and use the money to further your...

By: Steve Elliot, Toke of the Town A judge Friday morning ordered the San Diego Police Department to return all property seized from medical marijuana patient and provider Eugene Davidovich, including the dried marijuana and concentrated cannabis seized more than a year ago, in February 2009. “Although I don’t agree with this, I have no choice but to...