Join Americans for Safe Access in South Bay San Diego for our monthly meeting! This month we are excited to bring you the latest news about medical marijuana from around the nation, the state, and San Diego County. Here are some highlights of what to expect at Thursday’s Meeting: Latest information with the San Diego City Cease and Desist situation as well as...

Aug 11, 2010

CHRONIC-CON? – San Diego CityBeat, August 11, 2010 Most people charged with federal drug crimes cop a plea. James Stacy organizes a convention. The feds busted the martial-arts instructor after he organized a medical-marijuana collective next to his dojo in Vista. His trial starts at the end of the month; in the meantime, Stacy is coordinating the Rx...

DISPENSARIES PROVIDE MANY BENEFITS TO THE SICK AND SUFFERING Americans For Safe Access Safe and legal access to cannabis is the reason dispensaries have been created by patients and caregivers around the state. For many people, dispensaries remove significant barriers to their ability to obtain cannabis. Patients in urban areas with no space to cultivate...

Aug 9, 2010

San Diego ASA August Meeting Please join us for the August San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access monthly meeting. WHEN: TUESDAY August 10th, 2010 7pm-9pm WHERE: La Jolla Brew House – 7536 Fay Avenue La Jolla, CA 92037 This month we are excited to bring you the latest news about medical marijuana from around the nation, the state, and San Diego...

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...