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...

Jul 22, 2010

***UPDATE*** Laura and Tim’s Preliminary hearing will continue this morning at 8:30am in Dpt. 23 (Judge Brown) These legitimate patients are being dragged through court because of Dumanis’ fierce fight against patients and her continued attempt to subvert state law. When will these frivolous prosecutions end? What will it take for Dumanis to stop...

Jul 21, 2010

Saginaw, MI / San Diego, CA — Coordinated and lively protests were carried out today by medical marijuana patient advocates in both Saginaw, Michigan, and San Diego, California, against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for several raids it conducted earlier this month, despite a Justice Department policy issued in October 2009 discouraging...

“A decision was expected Monday – and eagerly awaited by attorneys and both sides. But the court posted on its website just after 1 p.m. that the written ruling is now set to be released Aug. 18”. Marijuana dispensary ruling a ‘cliffhanger’ By ERIC CARPENTER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER ANAHEIM – A major ruling on whether cities have...

San Diego Americans for Safe Access forward: Medical Marijuana laws in California are very murky. Some Judges have even referred to them as a serpentine roadmap. This article is written by one of our newest San Diego Americans for Safe Access Members, Melissa Bobrow, regarding the legalities of medical marijuana use in California. Although many folks have many...

San Diego, CA — U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz denied a defense today for James Stacy, a San Diego-area medical marijuana provider raided in September 2009 by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Stacy was raided by the DEA a month before the Justice Department issued a new policy on medical marijuana in October, deemphasizing federal...

WHAT: San Diego Monthly Americans for Safe Access Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7pm – 9pm WHERE: La Jolla Brew House Restaurant – 7536 Fay Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037 Get Involved and help make a difference! This event is open to the public and will feature both speakers and information about; San Diego County Ordinance and the City of San Diego...

San Diego, CA — Federal agents raided at least three San Diego-area medical marijuana dispensaries today in the early morning hours. Sources say that Green Kross, Unified Collective, and Kush Lounge were all served federal search warrants and were subjected to aggressive SWAT-style raids which resulted in the arrest of as many as 12 people and the seizure...

San Diego Union Tribune SAN DIEGO — Five men armed with handguns stole about $20,000 worth of marijuana from a Normal Heights dispensary Tuesday. The robbers walked into the SuperCanna medical marijuana office on Adams Avenue near 32nd Street and ordered the lone employee to the ground, San Diego police Lt. Andra Brown said. They told him if he did not...

By: Eugene Davidovich, Marcus Boyd (San Diego Americans for Safe Access) In 1996 California voters passed proposition 215 which legalized marijuana for medical use in the state. Back then, our county officials vowed to fight against medical marijuana, and fourteen years later, in the County of San Diego this fight is still in full swing. Legitimate state card...

KUSI Channel 9, ran a story last night about the San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote to enact a de-facto ban on medical marijuana collective facilities in the unincorporated areas of San Diego County. (this ordinance does not apply to the City of San Diego) This new measure applies to unincorporated part of San Diego County, places like Borrego Springs,...

Jun 25, 2010

Today in San Diego Superior Court, the Honorable Judge Shore in front of at least a dozen of Mr. Jackson’s supporters, considered a motion to dismiss the case against Jovan Jackson based on the doctrine of “Collateral Estoppel.” Judge Shore denied the motion and based on the fact that the second trial stems from events on a different...