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...

Apr 1, 2011

San Diego – March, 31 2011, the NOT Dumanis Campaign announced that Bonnie Dumanis removed her campaign Facebook page, which generated significant questions about her mayoral bid. See: Bonnie Dumanis Shutters Facebook Campaign Page – Considering Dropping out of Mayoral Race Today, April 1, 2011, Ms. Dumanis decided to run after all. She officially...

Mar 30, 2011

April 2, 2011 12 – 4 PM Paradise Point Resort & Spa – Sunset Ballroom I-III 1404 Vacation Rd. San Diego, CA 92109 Learn about the benefits and uses of medical cannabis! Featured Speakers: • Jean Talleyrand, MD: “A Historical Review of Medical Cannabis Use in Our Society” • Mark L. Rabe, MD, ABIHM: “A Scientific Review of How Medical...

Scott Chipman, a paid lobbyist on behalf of a phony group called San Diegan’s for Safe Neighborhoods has been on a crusade against proposition 215 since it was enacted and is the main organizer of the prohibitionists planning on coming out to the SD City Council meeting on Monday. Scott Chipman has devised a plan that will attempt to divert the San Diego City...

COMMENTARY with VIDEO: What you need to know about Medical Cannabis Ordinance By: BEN CISNEROS – CANVASS FOR A CAUSE On March 28, the San Diego City Council will be voting on an ordinance governing San Diego’s medical cannabis facilities. LGBT groups, veterans groups, church groups, drug policy reformers, community activists, business groups, and others...

Mar 17, 2011

By Eugene Davidovich, San Diego ASA SAN MARCOS – In a major victory for medical marijuana advocates across the state, San Diego Superior Court Judge Thomas Nugent on Thursday morning denied the City of San Marcos a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against Wellness Tree collective, allowing the medical marijuana dispensary to remain open. In 2006, when the...

Rogue Code Enforcement Officer Peter Bedrosian intimidates, harasses, and questions visibly ill patient in the streets of East San Diego County By: Eugene Davidovich SAN DIEGO – For years the county’s sick and dying have been at the brunt of District Attorney Bonnie (DA) Dumanis’ ‘fierce fight’ against medical marijuana patients. Dumanis’ fight has...

Mar 9, 2011

Check out this week’s San Diego CITYBEAT Magazine, in it you will find a story about the Stop the Ban coalition campaign and letter writing effort! Here is the article as well as a link to the City Beat website where you are encouraged to leave comments! Wait a minute, Mr. Postman Medi-pot advocates hope letters sway upcoming City Council vote By John R....

Mar 8, 2011

SAN DIEGO – Veterans and Church groups join campaign to oppose restrictive medical cannabis ordinance San Diego – March 8th, 2011, veterans and church groups joined alongside LGBT activists, patients advocates, and concerned citizens today at a press conference in opposition to the ordinance governing medical cannabis facilities which the city council...

San Diego, CA – On Tuesday March 8, 2011 at 11 am, the coalition campaign to “Stop The Ban” will be holding a press conference at San Diego City Hall to discuss the community’s opposition to the proposed ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in the City of San Diego. On March 28th the San Diego City Council will be voting on an ordinance...

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...

Mar 3, 2011

The first screening of this documentary in San Diego will be on March 16, 2011. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the theater box office the night of the showing. Wednesday, March 16 • 7:00pm – 8:30pm Landmark, Hillcrest Theater – 3965 5th Avenue San Diego, CA Learn more at www.MarijuanaMovie.org Medicinal Cannabis and its Impact on Human...

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...

Mar 1, 2011

The San Diego City Council will be voting on the 28th of March, on an ordinance that will serve as a de-facto ban on medical cannabis facilities in the City of San Diego. If passed as currently written, this unduly restrictive ordinance would threaten the quality of life for some of the most vulnerable members of our community and would deny safe access for San...

Feb 22, 2011

On March 28 the City Council will be voting on the proposed ordinance to regulate medical marijuana collectives in the City of San Diego. Americans for Safe Access in collaboration with the Stop The Ban Campaign and Canvass for a Cause are calling for a rally, protest, and march! The rally will start at the Federal Courthouse located at 940 Front St. San Diego...