Your help is needed at the first case to go to trial out of all the arrests made in the Operation Green Rx raids since August of last year. If you are a former member/patient of Answerdam and would be willing to testify in court, please email sandiegoasa@gmail.com so we can put you in touch with the attorneys. San Diego Americans for Safe...

By: Eugene Davidovich Tuesday, November 17, 2009 was day two in the medical marijuana trial of Mr. Jovan Jackson of Answerdam Alternative Care Collective (AAC). The proceedings began at 8:30 in Department 33 of the San Diego Superior Court with Judge Cynthia Bashant presiding. The courtroom was half packed with a number of Mr. Jackson’s friends, family, and...

By: Eugene Davidovich Today at 3pm the trial of Jovan Jackson began in Department 33. The preceedings started with a closed discussion in the judges chambers with Lance Rogers, Mr. Jackson’s attorney and Chris Linbergh the prosecutor. When the judge returned to the bench, she mentioned that the motions both sides intended to file deserve a thorough read...

This afternoon Jovan Jackson a legitimate medical cannabis patient, navy veteran, and member of a local collective under attack by the San Diego DA’s office is going to trial. Trial has been set to start in Department 33 today at 3:00pm at the San Diego Superior Court. Jovan is one of the victim’s of District Attorney Dumanis’ “fierce fight” against...

By Eugene Davidovich On Thursday November 12, 2009, HARM (Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana) held a “Marijuana Dispensaries: Legal Issues Seminar”. At the Carmel Valley Community Center. In attendance were law enforcement agencies, cities’ attorneys, and staff. Although the flier sent out by HARM advertised that anyone who cares about the issue was...

Largest and oldest U.S. physician-based group reverses long-held position on medical marijuana Houston, TX — The American Medical Association (AMA) voted today to reverse its long-held position that marijuana be retained as a Schedule I substance with no medical value. The AMA adopted a report drafted by the AMA Council on Science and Public Health (CSAPH)...

By Eugene Davidovich November 6, 2009 2:15pm San Diego ASA would like to extend a sincere thank you to each and every one of the task force members for volunteering their time and energy as well as for being patient in hearing out the recommendations and opinions of concerned citizens and patients alike. Today the San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force met for...

By Eugene Davidovich The San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force will meet for the fifth and final time on Friday November 6, 2009. The issues on the agenda include zone use for locations of dispensing collectives and cooperatives, how to verify that the operation is non profit, permitting, as well as the final approval of a draft Medical Marijuana Task Force...

By Eugene Davidovich Today on the agenda for the San Diego Planning Commission, the determination for zoning of a medical marijuana cooperative was to be discussed. New Earth Beginnings a local non profit cooperative had applied and paid the required $5,010.00 to have the commission examine the issue. The official agenda item read as follows: NEW EARTH...

by Eugene Davidovich November 5, 2009 at 9am the San Diego Planning Commission will meet to discuss a request by New Earth Beginnings for a determination regarding the appropriate zoning use category and subcategory for medical marijuana cooperatives and collectives in the city. The agenda item is listed below: NEW EARTH BEGINNINGS – PROJECT NO. 193751 City...

by Eugene Davidovich “Office of the Mayor will be involved in the final decisions once that point in the process is reached” Ron Lacey, Office of the Mayor San Diego ASA and many in the city have urged the Mayor to participate in the task force. The Mayor’s office has issued a statement : The City Council has taken the lead on this matter and the...

by Eugene Davidovich “Office of the Mayor will be involved in the final decisions once that point in the process is reached” Ron Lacey, Office of the Mayor San Diego ASA and many in the city have urged the Mayor to participate in the task force. Here is a reply from the Mayor’s Office received about 1 hour ago to a letter by a concerned citizen: From:...

by Eugene Davidovich As the San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force (MMTF) prepares to meet on Friday November 6, 2009 for the fourth time to deliberate on regulations for the operation of medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives in the city, the Mayor o San Diego still refuses to sit down and work with patients and community members to come up with...

The San Diego Medical Marijuana Task force will meet Friday October 30th, 2009, for the fourth time to deliberate on regulations for medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives in the city. One of the items presented to the task force will be a public opinion poll of City of San Diego residents conducted by Elizabeth Sheld of Competitive Edge Research and...

Was the D.A. leveling with us at her pot-raid news conference? By Dave Maass After the Sept. 9 raids on 14 medical cannabis dispensaries, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis issued a press release gloating about how she shut down the operations of “drug dealers.” Yet, Dumanis provided very little evidence to back up her blanket claims. CityBeat presents this...