Patient advocates file amicus brief, challenging the prosecution’s assertion that sales are illegal San Diego, CA — Despite being acquitted by a jury late last year of charges stemming from a 2008 arrest on marijuana possession and distribution charges, medical marijuana patient and provider Jovan Jackson is being tried by San Diego District Attorney...

The community is outraged at this continued waste of taxpayers’ dollars and will be there in court to support Mr. Jackson throughout his ordeal and bias driven persecution. Please come out on August 16, 2010 at 8:15am in Department 11 to show your support for Mr. Jackson. WHAT: Jovan Jackson Court Support WHEN: August 16, 2010 – 8:15am WHERE: San Diego...

Join Americans for Safe Access in North County San Diego for the August North County ASA Meeting! This month we are excited to bring you the latest news about medical marijuana from around the nation, the state, and San Diego County. Here are some highlights of what to expect at the Friday Meeting: Latest information with the San Diego City Cease and Desist...

Join Americans for Safe Access in South Bay San Diego for our monthly meeting! This month we are excited to bring you the latest news about medical marijuana from around the nation, the state, and San Diego County. Here are some highlights of what to expect at Thursday’s Meeting: Latest information with the San Diego City Cease and Desist situation as well as...

Aug 11, 2010

CHRONIC-CON? – San Diego CityBeat, August 11, 2010 Most people charged with federal drug crimes cop a plea. James Stacy organizes a convention. The feds busted the martial-arts instructor after he organized a medical-marijuana collective next to his dojo in Vista. His trial starts at the end of the month; in the meantime, Stacy is coordinating the Rx...

DISPENSARIES PROVIDE MANY BENEFITS TO THE SICK AND SUFFERING Americans For Safe Access Safe and legal access to cannabis is the reason dispensaries have been created by patients and caregivers around the state. For many people, dispensaries remove significant barriers to their ability to obtain cannabis. Patients in urban areas with no space to cultivate...

Aug 10, 2010

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has maintained for years that all dispensaries are illegal, that sales or monetary reimbursement for cannabis is not legal under any circumstances, and that Proposition 215 is not a law that her office respects or recognizes. In fact, Ms. Dumanis has launched and waged what she calls a “Fierce Fight” against...

Please contact me, or share my story with anyone that may be able to help me as my situation is urgent and my time very short! Charles R. Berg – 1230 C.N. Perry Calexico, CA. 92231 – Crberg2@juno.com As a medically retired firefighter from the City of Fresno Calif. I was injured in the line of duty, suffering injuries at a chemical factory fire. I...

By: Eugene Davidovich It’s now August of 2010, almost fourteen years since the voters of California approved the Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) ensuring that “seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes where that medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician who has...

Email from Mr. Naulls requesting court support: Here are the details: The government moved to dismiss all drug charges if I plead to /filing a false tax return/, a felony under IRS guidelines. We both know that I did not file a false return and used a CPA. However, since a mmj dispensary is “illegal” under federal law all exemptions and write...

Please come out and support Mr. Stacy in court tomorrow! The hearing time was moved up to 1:30pm in Courtroom 15 (940 Front St. San Diego CA, 92101) Get there early as the courtroom fills up fast! On July 13th, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz denied a defense today for James Stacy, a San Diego-area medical marijuana provider raided in...

WASHINGTON DC – Today, in a historic move, the Under Secretary of Health at the Department of Veterans affairs, Robert E. Pezel, M.D., issued Directive 2010-035, providing clarification and guidance on access to and the use of medical marijuana by Veteran patients. The directive states; “patients participating in state medical marijuana programs must not...

WHEN: Wednesday, July 28 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm – COURTROOM 15 WHERE: 940 Front St. San Diego CA, 92101 Please come out and show your support. This is a status hearing where the Judge will hear arguments about his recent ruling denying Mr. Stacy a defense in court and barring him from telling the truth in his trial regarding medical marijuana. The Stacy...

Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Over the last few years there have been a large number of veterans coming home from foreign wars with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, serious injuries, and a slew of other ailments. A lot of them have chosen to use medical marijuana to alleviate many of their symptoms and have found it to be a very effective...

Jul 24, 2010

There are currently between two and three dozen medical cannabis patients and caregivers facing defenseless federal trials in California alone. Prosecutors fight hard to keep any information about medical cannabis out of courtrooms to make sure that they get their conviction. If the same Californian voters who supported Proposition 215 knew that they may be...