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Your ASA membership shows your support for our mission to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis (marijuana)...

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ASA Legal

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This section provides patients, attorneys, and pro se defendants with legal resources. Lawyer Directory Below you will find a...

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When ASA is alerted by the community that a raid is progress, all ASA staff stop their work and turn their attention to the encounter and...

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Report a Case

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Are you – or a patient you know of – being victimized by the fierce fight against local medical marijuana laws?  If so, we...

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Recent Posts

Bonnie Dumanis Raided a Collective and All She Got Was a Crappy Hot Plate

Bonnie Dumanis Raided a Collective and All She Got Was a Crappy Hot Plate

Apr 29, 2016

April 29, 2016 By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans For Safe Access San Diego, CA – John Mazula – the medical cannabis patient who enjoyed a bit of local fame when his attorney Mike Cindrich argued and won his medical cannabis case with a 10 minute verdict – was back in court today, this time to convince a judge to order the DA to return the...

San Diego Board of Supervisors Extends Moratorium with Caveat

San Diego Board of Supervisors Extends Moratorium with Caveat

Apr 28, 2016

April 28, 2016 By Terrie Best – San Diego ASA San Diego, CA  – The County Board of Supervisors met Wednesday to vote on staff recommendations to extend a moratorium against new medical marijuana activity in San Diego County. The 45 day moratorium was put in place on March 16 and was largely a knee-jerk reaction to a group of community members...

District Attorney LaTouche Receives Benchslap for Prosecutorial Misconduct.

District Attorney LaTouche Receives Benchslap for Prosecutorial Misconduct.

Apr 20, 2016

UPDATE on Ernest Knight Medical Marijuana Case in San Diego By Will Wynn On April 11th District Attorney Deborah LaTouche appearing before Judge Danielsen, People vs. Knight/Ozolite, stated in a formal declaration to the court that Mr. Knight’s attorney Nathan Shaman had submitted ‘nothing’ to her for discovery; when in fact he had presented her...

The County’s Dysfunctional Medical Marijuana Ordinance Suddenly too Functional for County Board of Supervisors – Cruel Move to Further Outlaw Patient Access

The County’s Dysfunctional Medical Marijuana Ordinance Suddenly too Functional for County Board of Supervisors – Cruel Move to Further Outlaw Patient Access

Mar 17, 2016

March 17, 2016 Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – The County Board of Supervisors met yesterday and the patient community barely escaped a ban on medical cannabis. The ban would have affected unincorporated areas of the county, such as Julian, Ramona and many other rural parcels where it would otherwise be safe and...