San Diego MMTF Meeting Friday 3/19 at 9am

The San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force meets again this Friday 9am -11am 202 C St. San Diego A 92101 (map) City Council Committee Room, 12th floor of the City Administration Building. The task force is working on recommendations to the San Diego City Council with regards to medical marijuana regulations and zoning ordinances. This Friday it is critical that...

People V. Davidovich Trial Day 8 – Defendant Testimony to Exceed 8 Hours

Court Support – THURSDAY 3/18/2010 – 10:00am People V. Davidovich Trial Day 8 – Department 55 – 220 W Broadway San Diego CA 92101 Thursday, March 18, 2010 I will resume the stand and continue my testimony in front of a jury of twelve peers. Tuesday March, 15th, I spent all day on the stand being cross examined by Theresa Pham the prosecutor in my...

San Diego Medical Marijuana ‘Raid Rumors’ Update

Today we have received confirmation that California’s Finest Meds Collective located at 1133 Broadway in San Diego was in fact closed down. According to eyewitness testimony, several unmarked vehicles pulled up to the collective yesterday, March 16, 2010 and proceeded to confiscate paperwork, medicine, as well as a number of other items inside the...

Are you Cannabis Deficient?

by The Medicine Hunter If the idea of having a marijuana deficiency sounds laughable to you, a growing body of science points at exactly such a possibility. Scientists have known that the active psychoactive compound in marijuana is THC, which is short for tetrahydrocannabinol. In August 1990, researchers reported in the journal Nature the discovery of receptors...

People V. Davidovich – Day 2 of Trial – Court Support

People V. Davidovich – Day 2 of Trial – Court Support

Mar 8, 2010

By: Eugene Davidovich On March 9, 2010 at 9am in Department 55 at the San Diego Superior Courthouse, day 2 of my trial will begin. District attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ office has filed a mountain of motions in limine with the court, all of which will be heard on the 9th in front of Judge So. Motions in limine are requests made by both sides to the Judge before...

Dan Murphy: A patient shares his story

Dan Murphy of San Diego speaks out about San Diego DA Bonnie Dumanis and her war against medical marijuana. A patients shares his...

Jovan Jackson – Discriminatory Prosecution – Hearing Today

COURT SUPPORT TODAY – Jovan Jackson (second trial – preliminary hearing) Today Mr. Jovan Jackson faces the preliminary hearing for the second medical marijuana trial against him. Mr. Rogers will argue a motion to dismiss the case based on prosecutorial discrimination; otherwise known as a Murgia Motion. The motion will show how Mr. Jackson was...

Eugene Davidovich – 995 Hearing Today – Court Support Needed

I am currently facing a Jury Trial which is scheduled to start Next Week on the 2nd of March. The trial is related to the February 2009 (Operation Endless Summer / Green Rx) raids, orchestrated by District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and her Cross Jurisdictional Narcotics Task Force (NTF). Today I go to court for a 995 hearing, which is an attempt to get one of the...

Jackson Return of Property Motion Denied

By: Eugene Davidovich, February 19, 2010 This morning Lance Rogers, Attorney for Jovan Jacksons argued a return of property motion in front of Superior Court Judge Bashant. The courtroom had over a dozen of Jovan’s Supporters a large majority of whom were active members of San Diego Americans for Safe Access. After hearing the arguments from both sides, Judge...

San Diego ASA Directs its Attention to County Prevention Plan

By: Terrie Best Further to San Diego Americans for Safe Access (SDASA) ongoing efforts to reach out to County Alcohol and Drug Services in its oversight of HARM, the County contracted organization that year after year lobbies against safe access in San Diego, members of SDASA attended the Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board (ADAB) meeting to speak during public...

UPDATE: People V. Davidovich

The prosecutor in my case is Ms. Theresa Pham, a local Deputy District Attorney that seems to be reporting to and getting her marching orders directly from Bonnie Dumanis in this case. In fact several other Deputy DA’s are working for her on this case, including Romil Tohidi and a number graduate law clerks that have now been retained by th prosecution to...

Report on the San Diego City Medical Marijuana Task Force for 01/21/10

By MMTF Member Larry Sweet Chief Solis and Captain McDonald attended and were the sole action item for the MMTF today. While both insisted that they followed the AG Guidelines, their interpretations were rather rigid. They objected to: 1. Anyone with a recommendation can join a collective making MMJ too available to non MMJ interests 2. Not enough clear...

Medical Cannabis Patient Gets Her Bongs Back in San Diego

Medical Cannabis Patient Gets Her Bongs Back in San Diego

Jan 20, 2010

Tiffani Kjeldergaard a legitimate medical cannabis patient in January of 2009 was sentenced to probation on a non drug related offense. She continued to use her legal medication and tested positive for THC on drug tests conducted by the probation department until June of 2009, when the probation department decided to stop by her house for a safety check. As with...

Raid Victim Received Approval for Return of Property

September 9, 2009 – Operation Green Rx victim Sebastian Maselli receives order for Return of Property! Sebastian Maselli was a founding member of Healing Dragon Collective which was raided on September 9, 2009 part of Bonnie Dumanis’ effort to eradicate safe access to medical marijuana in San Diego County. He was arrested, property seized, and life...

Nonsense About Medical Marijuana and Teens

by Bruce Mirken A new survey showing, among other things, a slight uptick in teen marijuana use, got considerable press yesterday and today. A widely-circulated Associated Press story, along with many other reports, included this claim: “The increase of teens smoking pot is partly because the national debate over medical use of marijuana can make the drugs...