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...

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access SAN DIEGO – Today June 23rd, 2010, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors adopted a de facto ban on medical marijuana collective facilities. Although this ordinance does not directly affect regulations in the City of San Diego or the work of the San Diego City Council on the issue, today’s...

SAN DIEGO – Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at 9am the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will meet to discuss and vote on a proposed ordinance regulating medical marijuana facilities in the unincorporated areas of San Diego County. The proposed ordinance severely limits patients’ access to medical marijuana in the unincorporated areas of San Diego County....

Jun 21, 2010

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego ASA SAN DIEGO – In another resounding defeat for San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and her fierce fight against medical marijuana in San Diego, the Honorable Judge Frederick Maguire today in Superior Court dismissed charges of cultivation of marijuana in the case of People v. Benjamin Gasper. Mr. Gasper was charged...

By Larry Sweet, SDASA I have been somewhat reluctant to respond to the many negative references to Child Welfare Services (CWS) in San Diego, since I fully understand that there are few events in the history of a family that can be as devastating as having a child removed from the parents’ custody. I worked for CWS in San Diego for 14 years, the majority of...