By: Eugene Davidovich Last night for the first time in our chapter and city’s history, a sitting mayor attended the monthly chapter meeting. Former Congressman and newly elected Mayor Bob Filner arrived at the La Jolla Brew House around 7:30pm and walked into a packed meeting room where over 100 of you greeted him with cheer and applause. In his initial...

Dec 29, 2012

We are pleased to announce Bridging the Gap Between Public & Policy – Americans for Safe Access National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference, taking place February 22nd – 25th at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Americans for Safe Access and our allies will fight even harder for safe access in 2013. This is our chance to show the Obama...

Dec 21, 2012

By: PharmLabs Pharmlabs is one of many new and independent businesses striving to legitimize the medical marijuana industry. Established January 2012 in San Diego, California, PharmLabs is a professional laboratory that provides the medical marijuana community with a standardized platform of testing and analytical services to ensure patients have access to...

Nov 24, 2012

We are pleased to announce Harnessing Our Power for Victory – Americans for Safe Access National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference, taking place February 22nd – 25th at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Americans for Safe Access and our allies will fight even harder for safe access in 2013. This is our chance to show the Obama...

By: Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego CA – Hidden in the clouds of vapor in some reporter’s desk is a story whose magnitude was almost missed in the hubbub of the 2012 presidential election. On October 24th, 2012, the Fourth District Court of Appeals in San Diego overturned a medical marijuana dispensary operator’s...

Oct 21, 2012

With the election only 14 days away, we urgently need your help in Imperial Beach! Aside form the mass mailer full of reefer madness propaganda and unsubstantiated lies about what Proposition S would do, distributed to all the voters in the city, the opposition has started putting up ‘NO on S’ yard signs throughout the community. As the NO signs started...

Last week, Joe Elford, Chief Counsel for Americans for Safe Access was in town to argue the Jackson medical marijuana dispensary case before the Appellate Courts. Watch the exclusive interview with Mr. Elford where he discussed the hearing and the impact of the case on medical marijuana dispensaries in California minutes after arguing the case: Interview by:...

Oct 18, 2012

By: Joe Elford Just hours after the U.S. Court of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal landmark case Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, the court ordered supplemental briefing on the issue of “standing.” In a rare move for a case that has been covered by the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, Bloomberg News,...

Oct 16, 2012

by: Jonathan Bair, ASA (republished from: ASA’s Blog) This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is an appeal of the DEA’s rejection of a petition filed in 2002 seeking to change the placement of marijuana as a Schedule I drug per the...

Oct 2, 2012

The October, 2012 monthly San Diego ASA chapter meeting is almost here! Join us Tuesday October 9, 2012 – 6:30pm at the La Jolla Brew House and Restaurant, located at 7536 Fay Ave, La Jolla, 92037 (Meeting is held in the back room of the brew house) RSVP on Facebook! Starting at 6:30pm to 7:30pm we will be holding a Happy Hour / Meet & Greet, where we...

Sep 20, 2012

  Today medical marijuana patients, supporters and advocates rallied at the San Diego Obama for America Campaign Headquarters against Obama’s aggressive enforcement policy on medical marijuana. The San Diego rally was part of a nationwide action organized by Americans for Safe Access, the nation’s largest medical marijuana advocacy group. “President...

Sep 4, 2012

Today San Diego Americans for Safe Access received the following press release from Mother Earth Coop, Inc, the sole Sheriff Permitted Dispensary in San Diego County: COUNTY MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY FORCED TO CLOSE Thousands of medical marijuana patients lose access to medical marijuana as U.S. Attorney forces eviction of only legal dispensary, Mother Earth...

Aug 29, 2012

On November 6th, 2012 Imperial Beach voters will choose whether to allow criminalization of the most vulnerable citizens to continue through the city’s draconian ban on safe access to medical cannabis, or to protect sick and dying patients by repealing the ban and creating tough zoning and operational requirements as defined in Prop S. Local prohibitionists...

Aug 28, 2012

By: Eugene Davidovich SAN DIEGO – Shortly after the South Bay Democratic Caucus unanimously recommended an endorsement of Proposition S at a meeting on Tuesday August 21, the San Diego County Democratic Central Committee voted to officially endorse Proposition S in Imperial Beach as well. Also known as the Safe Access Ordinance of Imperial Beach, if passed,...

High Court prohibits municipalities from using Pack v. City of Long Beach to ban dispensaries Los Angeles, CA — The California Supreme Court dismissed review yesterday of an important appellate court ruling affecting medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. Specifically, the High Court threw out the controversial decision in Pack v. City of...