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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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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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BREAKING NEWS: San Diego City Council Votes to Repeal Medicinal Marijuana Ordinances

BREAKING NEWS: San Diego City Council Votes to Repeal Medicinal Marijuana Ordinances SAN DIEGO – After listening to almost two hours of public commentary, both in favor and against repealing the ordinances that attempted to regulate medicinal marijuana co-ops, the city council reluctantly voted 6 to 2 in favor of repeal. The two repealed ordinances would have...

Council repeals San Diego medical marijuana rules

Medical marijuana shops in legal limbo after ordinance repealed By Jen Lebron Kuhney, published on signonsandiego.com updated 7:35 p.m., July 25, 2011 Medical marijuana dispensaries within San Diego city limits are once again in legal limbo after the City Council voted Monday to repeal regulations that created — ever so briefly — a path to legitimacy for...

Patient Advocates Appeal Federal Decision to Deny Medical Marijuana to Millions of Americans

Notice of appeal filed in D.C. Circuit challenges recent denial to reschedule marijuana for medical use Washington, DC — The country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), with the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC), today appealed a recent decision by the federal government to keep marijuana classified as...

Election and Ethics Complaints Filed Against Scott Chipman and Others Involved in Anti Marijuana Campaign and Other Political Committees

Election and Ethics Complaints Filed Against Scott Chipman and Others Involved in Anti Marijuana Campaign and Other Political Committees

Jul 18, 2011

SAN DIEGO – Formal complaints against principal officers of Citizens Against Legalizing Marijuana (CALM CA) and ‘Safe Beaches San Diego Yes on D’ have been submitted to the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ Public Integrity Unit, and the City of San Diego Ethics Commission. The complaints document a...