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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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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

Celebrating Independence Day with an Unhealthy Dependence on the Federal Government

Celebrating Independence Day with an Unhealthy Dependence on the Federal Government

Jul 4, 2011

By: Kris Hermes, Americans for Safe Access More by a confluence of circumstances than by design, the federal government made clear this past week its intolerance to medical cannabis as well as its intolerance to the independence of local and state governments to decide their own public health policies. The irony of the U.S. Department of Justice issuing formal...

First Permitted Dispensary Receives Final Permit from San Diego County Sheriff

First Permitted Dispensary Receives Final Permit from San Diego County Sheriff

Jul 3, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access On July 1, 2011, Mother Earth’s Alternative Healing Cooperative Inc. received their final permit the “Medical Marijuana Collective Operations Certificate”, signed by Sheriff Gore himself, allowing the coop to operate in full compliance with the law. Located at 8157 Wing Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92020,...

Medical Cannabis Community on Red Alert

Patients, Activists, and Friends– Under the Obama Administration, Deputy Attorney General James Cole issued a memo reinforcing the intent of the federal government to interfere with state medical cannabis laws, specifically the creation and licensing of dispensing centers. Compromising the legitimacy of dispensing centers will jeopardize access for...

Medical Marijuana Community Decries Federal Threats Against Public Officials

Justice Department policy “clarification” pushes legal patients into unregulated, illicit markets Washington, DC — Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole issued a controversial memorandum Wednesday in an apparent attempt to clarify federal policy with regard to medical marijuana. Calling marijuana “a dangerous drug,” Cole’s...