Feb 29, 2012

By: Eugene Davidovich SAN DIEGO – In October of last year several U.S. Attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) held a press conference in Sacramento announcing a new Federal crackdown on medical marijuana patients and providers across California. Days after the announcement, hundreds of letters from the DOJ were sent to landlords renting commercial...

This morning with the support and approval of San Diego County District Attorney (DA) Bonnie Dumanis and in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), swat style raids were perpetrated in both San Diego and Riverside Counties. As soon as the local chapter was notified of the raids the SD ASA Raid Response team was activated and several members...

Apr 13, 2011

Patients, supporters participate in a time honored tradition of civil disobedience resisting the passage of a flawed ordinance which forces closure of all city collectives and cooperatives San Diego, CA – On Tuesday five medical marijuana activists staged an act of civil disobedience at San Diego City Hall, taking a principled and public stand against the new...

atients, Friends, and Activists– On March 28th, the San Diego City Council passed an ordinance that will effectively zone out all currently operating collectives in the city taking access to medical cannabis away from over 50,000 patients. Those facilities that wish to comply with the new rules must apply for a Conditional Use Permit Process 3 and find a...

Today the San Diego medical marijuana community came out by the hundreds to the City Council meeting, in what was the largest attendance this City Council has seen at a meeting on any issue. Some media outlets estimated the attendance at around 600 people today. The day started at 11:30, when almost a half hour before the scheduled start time of the rally, there...

Mar 24, 2011

By Eugene Davidovich, Americans for Safe Access Opposition to the proposed ordinance mounts in the city as Stop The Ban campaign collects over 3,700 letters of opposition to the ordinance from residents in San Diego. On March 28, the San Diego City Council will be voting on legislation governing San Diego’s medical cannabis facilities. As currently written,...

Mar 3, 2011

Opposition mounts against proposed medical marijuana dispensary regulation for the City of San Diego. Over twenty local and national organizations join campaign opposing the ordinance and urging changes. San Diego, CA — On March 28th the San Diego City Council will be voting on an ordinance that will serve as a de-facto ban on medical cannabis facilities...

The number of letters collected and organizations participating in the campaign to Stop The Ban has resulted in the biggest effort ever organized in the city on the medical marijuana issue! If the council passes this ban it will be over the most unprecedented public outcry on any issue that the city has ever seen. Stop The Ban Campaign Facebook Page Official...

Cal NORML Release – Bill Bans Collective Operations Within 600 Feet of Schools Sacramento, Sep 30th = Gov. Schwarzenegger signed bill AB 2650 (Buchanan), which prohibits medical marijuana collectives from operating within 600 feet of a school as of Jan 1, 2011. It covers all activities by dispensaries or other providers that have a storefront location or...

This morning the jury in Jovan Jackson’s second medical marijuana trial began their first full day of deliberations. With the day only being half way over, several interesting issues have already occurred during deliberations today. First, we found out that one of the Jurors had come down with the flu. Juror #4 could no longer continue deliberations and...

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 John R. Lamb, San Diego CITYBEAT “We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.” —William Arthur Ward Less than a mile from at least eight medical-marijuana collectives, Marcie Beckett lives in the same modest Pacific Beach home she grew up in with six brothers and sisters. President of her early-’70s...

Marcus Boyd and Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Hello everyone and welcome back to another San Diego Americans for Safe Access news brief. Today we bring you an update to our last news brief titled “Keeping Scales in Compliance for Medical Cannabis Trade in San Diego”. After releasing the information last weekend in that news brief,...

Davidovich: My Medical Marijuana Case Continues Post-Trial SDNN – 4/9/2010 In a resounding defeat of San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, a jury of 12 on March 25 found me not guilty on all counts, after less than four hours of deliberation. The jurors unanimously determined that I acted lawfully and in accordance with state law when it came to all...

Restrictive provisions amount to de facto ban on otherwise legal dispensaries Los Angeles, CA — The country’s largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles today, claiming that certain provisions in a recently adopted regulatory ordinance would shut down virtually all...