Please contact me, or share my story with anyone that may be able to help me as my situation is urgent and my time very short! Charles R. Berg – 1230 C.N. Perry Calexico, CA. 92231 – Crberg2@juno.com As a medically retired firefighter from the City of Fresno Calif. I was injured in the line of duty, suffering injuries at a chemical factory fire. I...

Please come out and support Mr. Stacy in court tomorrow! The hearing time was moved up to 1:30pm in Courtroom 15 (940 Front St. San Diego CA, 92101) Get there early as the courtroom fills up fast! On July 13th, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz denied a defense today for James Stacy, a San Diego-area medical marijuana provider raided in...

WASHINGTON DC – Today, in a historic move, the Under Secretary of Health at the Department of Veterans affairs, Robert E. Pezel, M.D., issued Directive 2010-035, providing clarification and guidance on access to and the use of medical marijuana by Veteran patients. The directive states; “patients participating in state medical marijuana programs must not...

WHEN: Wednesday, July 28 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm – COURTROOM 15 WHERE: 940 Front St. San Diego CA, 92101 Please come out and show your support. This is a status hearing where the Judge will hear arguments about his recent ruling denying Mr. Stacy a defense in court and barring him from telling the truth in his trial regarding medical marijuana. The Stacy...

Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Over the last few years there have been a large number of veterans coming home from foreign wars with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, serious injuries, and a slew of other ailments. A lot of them have chosen to use medical marijuana to alleviate many of their symptoms and have found it to be a very effective...

Jul 24, 2010

There are currently between two and three dozen medical cannabis patients and caregivers facing defenseless federal trials in California alone. Prosecutors fight hard to keep any information about medical cannabis out of courtrooms to make sure that they get their conviction. If the same Californian voters who supported Proposition 215 knew that they may be...

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...

Jul 14, 2010

Balboa Club Park Ball Room Aug. 14th 2010 – 4:30pm – 9:30pm Mark your calendars and get ready to have a great time, get involved and make a real difference against this fierce fight on patients in San Diego. This is a historic event in San Diego that will help raise funds for James Stacy and his Federal Medical Marijuana fight, as well as other...

San Diego, CA — U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz denied a defense today for James Stacy, a San Diego-area medical marijuana provider raided in September 2009 by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Stacy was raided by the DEA a month before the Justice Department issued a new policy on medical marijuana in October, deemphasizing federal...

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...

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...

In the last few weeks we have received a number of inquiries pertaining to child custody, Child Welfare Services, and medical marijuana. Americans for Safe Access has gathered and compiled information for patients affected by child custody issues as well as information on how to demonstrate that you are a good...

Jun 15, 2010

On June 23, 2010 at 9am at 1600 Pacific Highway (Room 310) in San Diego, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will be voting on a proposed ordinance that would regulate medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives in the unincorporated areas of San Diego County. READ THE ENTIRE AGENDA ITEM AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE DETAILS...

Join Steph Sherer, Executive Director and Don Duncan the California Director of Americans for Safe Access in Federal Court today to support James Stacy in his federal Medical Marijuana Trial. What: Federal hearing on whether dispensary operator James Stacy can use medical marijuana and state law as a defense at trial When: MONDAY, June 14, 2010 at 2:00pm Where:...