First Permitted Medical Marijuana Coop to Open in San Diego County Unincorporated Area

First Permitted Medical Marijuana Coop to Open in San Diego County Unincorporated Area

Jun 5, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich Mother Earth’s Alternative Healing Cooperative Inc., the first medical marijuana dispensing center officially permitted by San Diego County and in full compliance with the County Ordinance adopted almost a year ago, will open its doors in July 2011. In order to truly grasp the importance and magnitude of the first permitted Coop opening...

North County SD ASA Meeting – Tuesday 5/31 – 7pm

North County SD ASA Meeting – Tuesday 5/31 – 7pm

May 30, 2011

Patients, friends, advocates, Join us in Oceanside on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 from 7-9pm at the Fish Joint (514 South Coast Hwy Oceanside, CA) for our chapter’s monthly North County Americans for Safe Access meeting. That evening we will be discussing the City of Oceanside’s plan to ban medical marijuana collectives as well what the community is doing to...

Oceanside Moratorium on Dispensaries Expired; City Claims Collectives are Still Banned

Oceanside Moratorium on Dispensaries Expired; City Claims Collectives are Still Banned

May 26, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich, May 26, 2011 Oceanside, CA – On May 13 of 2009, over the vocal opposition of dozens of patients, residents, and medical cannabis advocates, the City enacted an ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits by enacting an ‘urgency moratorium’. This temporary ban was to expire a few weeks later on June 27...

Bonnie Dumanis Clings to Mayoral Race Vows to Run “Hard as Ever”

Bonnie Dumanis Clings to Mayoral Race Vows to Run “Hard as Ever”

Apr 2, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Dumanis scrambles to explain why official ‘Dumanis for Mayor’ Facebook page was shut down after move raises questions of her dropping out of the Mayoral race. SAN DIEGO – On March 31, Bonnie Dumanis shut down her official Dumanis for San Diego Mayor Campaign Facebook page, a move that raised...

Dumanis Responds to Questions About Closure of Campaign Facebook Page

Dumanis Responds to Questions About Closure of Campaign Facebook Page

Apr 1, 2011

San Diego – March, 31 2011, the NOT Dumanis Campaign announced that Bonnie Dumanis removed her campaign Facebook page, which generated significant questions about her mayoral bid. See: Bonnie Dumanis Shutters Facebook Campaign Page – Considering Dropping out of Mayoral Race Today, April 1, 2011, Ms. Dumanis decided to run after all. She officially...

Medical Cannabis Symposium – CANNABIS AS MEDICINE

Medical Cannabis Symposium – CANNABIS AS MEDICINE

Mar 30, 2011

April 2, 2011 12 – 4 PM Paradise Point Resort & Spa – Sunset Ballroom I-III 1404 Vacation Rd. San Diego, CA 92109 Learn about the benefits and uses of medical cannabis! Featured Speakers: • Jean Talleyrand, MD: “A Historical Review of Medical Cannabis Use in Our Society” • Mark L. Rabe, MD, ABIHM: “A Scientific Review of How Medical...

Superior Court Judge Allows Dispensary to Remain Open; Denies City of San Marcos Emergency Injunction

Superior Court Judge Allows Dispensary to Remain Open; Denies City of San Marcos Emergency Injunction

Mar 17, 2011

By Eugene Davidovich, San Diego ASA SAN MARCOS – In a major victory for medical marijuana advocates across the state, San Diego Superior Court Judge Thomas Nugent on Thursday morning denied the City of San Marcos a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Wellness Tree collective, allowing the medical marijuana dispensary to remain open. In 2006, when the...

City to Close all Medical Marijuana Dispensaries; Opposition Mounts

On March 28th at 2pm the San Diego City Council will be voting on an ordinance that, if approved as currently written, would close every medical cannabis facility in the city and make it virtually impossible for them to reopen, threatening the quality of life for some of the most vulnerable members of our community and denying safe access for thousands of...

OB Rag Covers Stop the Ban Campaign

OB Rag Covers Stop the Ban Campaign

Mar 11, 2011

San Diego Campaign to Protect Medical Cannabis Draws Wide Support by STAFF on MARCH 11, 2011 – OB RAG On March 28th, the San Diego city council will be voting on an ordinance that, if passed as written, will close down every medical cannabis facility in the city and would make it virtually impossible for them to reopen. In response, the San Diego chapter...

Harassment of Medical Marijuana Patients in San Diego Continues

Rogue Code Enforcement Officer Peter Bedrosian intimidates, harasses, and questions visibly ill patient in the streets of East San Diego County By: Eugene Davidovich SAN DIEGO – For years the county’s sick and dying have been at the brunt of District Attorney Bonnie (DA) Dumanis’ ‘fierce fight’ against medical marijuana patients. Dumanis’ fight has...

San Diego CityBeat Covers Stop the Ban Campaign

San Diego CityBeat Covers Stop the Ban Campaign

Mar 9, 2011

Check out this week’s San Diego CITYBEAT Magazine, in it you will find a story about the Stop the Ban coalition campaign and letter writing effort! Here is the article as well as a link to the City Beat website where you are encouraged to leave comments! Wait a minute, Mr. Postman Medi-pot advocates hope letters sway upcoming City Council vote By John R....

Veterans for a Safe San Diego endorses Stop the Ban campaign to oppose city council medical marijuana ordinance

Veterans group calls ordinance “harmful to veterans and dangerous to communities” San Diego – March 7th, 2011, Veterans for a Safe San Diego has announced today that they are endorsing the “Stop the Ban” campaign and that they are calling on the city council to amend the ordinance governing medical cannabis facilities in order to preserve safe access...

Opposition to Proposed Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordinance to hold Press Conference at San Diego City Hall Tuesday Morning

San Diego, CA – On Tuesday March 8, 2011 at 11 am, the coalition campaign to “Stop The Ban” will be holding a press conference at San Diego City Hall to discuss the community’s opposition to the proposed ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in the City of San Diego. On March 28th the San Diego City Council will be voting on an ordinance...

Citizens Unite in Opposition to Proposed Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordinance

Citizens Unite in Opposition to Proposed Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordinance

Mar 3, 2011

Opposition mounts against proposed medical marijuana dispensary regulation for the City of San Diego. Over twenty local and national organizations join campaign opposing the ordinance and urging changes. San Diego, CA — On March 28th the San Diego City Council will be voting on an ordinance that will serve as a de-facto ban on medical cannabis facilities...

Documentary Screening – Medical Cannabis and its Impact on Human Health

Documentary Screening – Medical Cannabis and its Impact on Human Health

Mar 3, 2011

The first screening of this documentary in San Diego will be on March 16, 2011. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the theater box office the night of the showing. Wednesday, March 16 • 7:00pm – 8:30pm Landmark, Hillcrest Theater – 3965 5th Avenue San Diego, CA Learn more at www.MarijuanaMovie.org Medicinal Cannabis and its Impact on Human...