Aug 8, 2011

Dear California ASA Members, This month, ASA Executive Director Steph Sherer and I will be visiting eleven cities in California to train, empower, and activate the grassroots base of support for medical cannabis! Mark your calendar today for the closest stop on the ASA California Tour 2011. We will be conducting a Know-Your-Rights and Raid Preparedness Training...

Jul 31, 2011

By Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access With San Diego Americans for Safe Access (SDASA) board members and other patient advocates behind him, Benjamin Gasper was in court again on Thursday of last week, this time for a 995 motion hearing before Judge Howard Shore, a notoriously anti-medical marijuana Judge who happened to be filling in that day for...

Jul 27, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access, Posted July 27, 2011, 11:29am VISTA, CA – On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 in a courtroom filled with supporters of safe access, Judge Maas, denied the City of Oceanside’s attempt to obtain a temporary restraining order to shut down North County Collective (NCC), a legal medical marijuana dispensary...

By: Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Legal cannabis patient Dexter Padilla was in court last week in front of Judge Albert T. Hartunian III as he and his attorney, Michael J. McCabe, of the Davidovich victory, fought it out with Prosecutor Ramin Tohidi over whether there was enough prosecutorial evidence to bind the case over for trial. The...

Jul 11, 2011

Imperial Beach City Council approves ban in violation of State Law on patients growing medicine in their own homes; patients and advocates are outraged and ready to turn to the voters in 2012 By: Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Imperial Beach, CA – On July 7th, 2011, with a 4 to 1 vote, the Imperial Beach (IB) City Council approved an...

Jul 6, 2011

By: Marcus Boyd, Vice Chair San Diego Americans for Safe Access Medical cannabis patients, supporters and advocates in the City of Imperial Beach (IB) are urged to be prepared. Additional law enforcement action against legitimate patients brought about by the IB City Council is imminent. Now is the time to stand up against the City Council’s attempt to...

Jul 4, 2011

By: Kris Hermes, Americans for Safe Access More by a confluence of circumstances than by design, the federal government made clear this past week its intolerance to medical cannabis as well as its intolerance to the independence of local and state governments to decide their own public health policies. The irony of the U.S. Department of Justice issuing formal...

Jun 13, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich and Marcus Boyd Imperial Beach, CA – On June 15, 2011 at 7pm, the Imperial Beach City Council will discuss and vote to enact an outright ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and all collective cultivation efforts in the City of Imperial Beach. Although the staff report compiled for the June 15th meeting states, “the ordinances...

Jun 5, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich Mother Earth’s Alternative Healing Cooperative Inc., the first medical marijuana dispensing center officially permitted by San Diego County and in full compliance with the County Ordinance adopted almost a year ago, will open its doors in July 2011. In order to truly grasp the importance and magnitude of the first permitted Coop opening...

May 26, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich, May 26, 2011 Oceanside, CA – On May 13 of 2009, over the vocal opposition of dozens of patients, residents, and medical cannabis advocates, the City enacted an ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits by enacting an ‘urgency moratorium’. This temporary ban was to expire a few weeks later on June 27...

May 16, 2011

Chula Vista – Public Safety Subcommittee To Discuss Medical Marijuana Dispensaries On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, the City of Chula Vista’s Public Safety Subcommittee will be meeting to discuss “Medical Marijuana Dispensaries” and crafting their recommendations to the Chula Vista City Council. The City currently has a moratorium on dispensaries which is due...

The California Senate will soon vote on SB 129, a bill sponsored by Americans for Safe Access (ASA) that will protect responsible, law abiding patients from discrimination in the workplace. Can you take minute right now to call your Senator and ask him or her to support SB 129? Employers in California can fire an employee just for being a medical cannabis...

May 5, 2011

Attention: Patients, Collectives, and Concerned Citizens! The San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will be holding its MAIN San Diego Chapter Meeting at 7 pm on Tuesday May 10, 2011 at the La Jolla Brew House located at 7536 Faye Ave. San Diego CA Collective and Cooperative Directors are encouraged to attend! We will be discussing the ASA Ballot...

May 5, 2011

Help collect letters to Stop the Ban in Oceanside! MAY 7TH 11:30AM OCEANSIDE PIER – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Join patients, advocates and concerned citizens at the Oceanside Pier at 11:30 on Saturday May 7, 2011 in front of the Oceanside Pier Sign on the corner of North Pacific St. and Pier View Way for a day of educating Oceanside residents about the impending ban...

May 2, 2011

Advocates deliver “Cease and Desist” orders to the US Attorney’s office in San Diego as well as to District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ office SAN DIEGO — Monday, May 2, 2011 our community lost two more of our brothers and sisters to the failed war on drugs. Dale Schafer and Dr. Mollie Fry turned themselves over to federal agents to serve...