Was the D.A. leveling with us at her pot-raid news conference? By Dave Maass After the Sept. 9 raids on 14 medical cannabis dispensaries, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis issued a press release gloating about how she shut down the operations of “drug dealers.” Yet, Dumanis provided very little evidence to back up her blanket claims. CityBeat presents this...

Court Hearing for Joseph Malone – 9:00 AM – MONDAY OCT 26 – will be assigned a trial courtroom from Department 11. San Diego Superior Court -220 W Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 Joseph is on trial for operating a medical cannabis collective. He was arrested and charged as a part of the Operation Green Rx investigations that have been ongoing for...

Come out and support the medical marijuana task force as they deliberate and attempt to come up with regulations. The regular task force meeting is this Thursday morning at 9 am. Help protect safe access in San Diego. Come and speak, as there is ample opportunity for public comment and your voices are needed. Below is the official agenda for the meeting on...

Eugene Davidovich: Proving My Medical Marijuana Case October 20, 2009 Thanks to the compassion of California voters, Proposition 215 was passed to help the sick get access to the medicine that helps them. But, how sick do you have to be? Some in our community, particularly in leadership, have attempted to persuade us that Proposition 215 only authorizes the use...

By DEVLIN BARRETT (AP) – 5 hours ago WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told...

Ms. Dumanis said that she approved of medical marijuana clubs where patients grow and use their own marijuana, but that none of the 60 or so dispensaries in the county operated that way. “These guys are drug dealers,” she said of the 14 that were raided. “I said publicly, if anyone thinks we’re casting too big a net and we get a legitimate patient or a...

San Diego – North County ASA 1050 S. Santa Fe Ave. Vista, CA 92084 (Click Here for Map) October 16, 2009 – 7pm