SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Medical marijuana storefronts would be banned within 600 feet of a school in legislation intended to shield children from drugs. The bill, AB 2650, was approved Thursday by the state Assembly. Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan says the bill seeks to protect children while allowing the legal operation of medical dispensaries. Many cities already...

May 25, 2010

Washington, DC — Fifteen Members of Congress sent a letter Friday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging him to issue “written guidance for financial institutions,” which would commit the Department to not targeting those institutions whose account holders are in compliance with state medical marijuana laws. The patient advocate group...

The Committee on Public Safety and Neighborhood Services of The City Council of the City of San Diego, will be meeting on May 26, 2010 at 2pm to hear a report (AGENDA ITEM 10) from the San Diego City Attorney and the Independent Budget Analyst about the San Diego Medical Marijuana Recommendations. The community needs to be there in FULL FORCE to help educate and...

Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access SAN DIEGO – The Office of the Independent Budget Analyst (IBA) on May 24, 2010 issued a 15 page report (IBA Report 10-45) on the Medical Marijuana Medical Marijuana Regulatory Structure Costs and Fees. “This report will expand upon the discussion within (IBA Report 10-15) with specific...

By: Eugene Davidovich and Marcus Boyd SAN DIEGO – In a continuing effort to keep the community safe and in compliance with all possible state, city, and county laws, today we will be discussing the San Diego County requirements for scales and their use at dispensing collectives throughout San Diego. First we want to thank every single collective and...

Listen to Today’s San Diego Americans for Safe Access News Brief! Marcus Boyd and Eugene Davidovich discuss James Stacy Federal Case, National ASA Press Release, and the Truth in Trials Act...

May 18, 2010

ASA National – Press Release about James Stacy Case! – www.safeaccessnow.org San Diego, CA — A North San Diego County medical marijuana provider, James Stacy, whose Vista dispensary was raided on September 9, 2009, by a multi-agency narcotics task force, will be the first such case to go to trial after the Justice Department issued its enforcement...

As you know, dozens of state compliant medical cannabis dispensing collectives and related businesses have had their accounts closed, often without notice or explanation. ASA is deeply concerned about this trend and we’ve been working multiple channels in Washington, DC, to investigate the nature of the bank account closures and end these closures once and for...

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...

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...

Today the Federal reset the motion hearing date to May 19th at 10:30am in Courtroom 15. 940 Front St. San Diego CA 92101 This will be the day the judge makes his ruling on the motion for a medical defense in Federal Court. The Judge cancelled the April 26 Trial Date, and said he would not set the court date as the length of the trial and preparation would depend...

Apr 21, 2010

4/21/2010 – 3pm (Court 15) – SD Federal Courthouse – 940 Front St. SD CA 92101 How you can help James Stacy Today: 1. Come to Court today on 4/21/2010 – 3pm (Courtroom 15) – San Diego Federal Courthouse – 940 Front St. San Diego CA 92101 2. Help HR 3939 Pass! This is new Federal Legislation known as the “Truth in Trials” act, which would allow...

Oppose AB 2650 – Protect patients’ access statewide April 10th, 2010, Posted by Don Duncan On Tuesday (April 13, 2010) , the California Assembly Committee on Public Health will discuss AB 2650, bill that would require that medical cannabis collectives, cooperatives, and growers be located at least 1,000 feet away from a laundry list of “sensitive uses”...

By: Kris Hermes (ASA), Eugene Davidovich (SD ASA) San Diego County Board of Supervisors issued a proposed ordinance that they would like to see adopted in the County of San Diego. The ordinance is supposed to provide guidelines, regulations, and zoning for medical marijuana dispensing collectives and cooperatives. This proposed ordinance instead of helping...

Mar 19, 2010

By: Don Duncan, Americans for Safe Access California Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) has introduced a bill that will exempt supplies used to grow or ingest medical cannabis from the state’s drug paraphernalia laws. These supplies are currently sold to medical cannabis patients under the pretense that they are being used to grow other plants or for...