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...

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...

Aug 9, 2010

San Diego ASA August Meeting Please join us for the August San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access monthly meeting. WHEN: TUESDAY August 10th, 2010 7pm-9pm WHERE: La Jolla Brew House – 7536 Fay Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037 This month we are excited to bring you the latest news about medical marijuana from around the nation, the state, and San Diego...

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...

Jul 21, 2010

Today is a day of action in San Diego! Patients, Concerned Citizens, and Advocates will be at the Federal Courthouse at noon to vocally oppose continued attempts to subvert state law, and to push for a federal policy that actually protects patients in this country. Help us protest the DEA raids and the continued bias driven effort by local and federal...

“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...

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...

From: Dale Gieringer, CA NORML HOWARD NASSIRI Represents Lake Forest Wellness Center and Collective – Only Dispensary Allowed to Remain Open During Appeal ORANGE COUNTY, CA – The Court of Appeal for the 4th District (Santa Ana) granted a temporary stay of an Orange County Superior Court’s injunction order requiring all medical marijuana...

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...