San Diego City Council MMJ Vote Postponed

The Mayor’s proposal is not yet ready to move forward to Council, it will not be heard at the 3/5/2013 City Council meeting, and will likely be one or two weeks later. Stay tuned for more information. https://www.facebook.com/events/559741724050308/

San Diego City Council to Vote on Medical Marijuana Ordinance

Join patients, advocates, and concerned citizens on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 10am at San Diego City Hall 202 C St. San Diego, CA 92101 That day, City Council will be discussing and voting on a newly written and revised ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in the City of San Diego. We need all patients and supporters to come out, sign in to speak,...

Prop 215 Party

Prop 215 Party

Feb 8, 2013

San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access brings you the City’s premier Prop 215 party on Friday, February 15th! Sponsored by PharmLabs – www.sdpharmlabs.com (Always accurate, affordable and fast medical marijuana lab testing and analysis) Join us for a night of food, music, medicating, and more! — $20 at the door — Doors open at 3pm...

San Diego DA Dumanis’ Office Drops Medical Marijuana Charges after Beleaguered Defendants Call Prosecutors’ Last Bluff

By Terrie Best – Court Support Coordinator, San Diego Americans for Safe Access February 4, 2013 San Diego, CA – San Diego District Attorney (DA) Bonnie Dumanis made the prosecutorial procedure the punishment today by dragging to the brink of trial Clint Guidry and Cameron Mitchell who committed no other crime but to merely possess medical cannabis for...

San Diego Mayor Attends ASA Meeting – Lays out Strategy for Safe Access

By: Eugene Davidovich Last night for the first time in our chapter and city’s history, a sitting mayor attended the monthly chapter meeting. Former Congressman and newly elected Mayor Bob Filner arrived at the La Jolla Brew House around 7:30pm and walked into a packed meeting room where over 100 of you greeted him with cheer and applause. In his initial...

Special Guest at Next Tuesday’s Chapter Meeting

Over the last several months our chapter has actively been working on strategic planning for next year. At both the November and December chapter meetings, an idea that every strategic planning group suggested was the need to open dialogue with our newly elected officials in the city, the goal of the dialogue being to advance regulations for safe access to...

January Chapter Meeting and National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference

January Chapter Meeting and National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference

Jan 3, 2013

I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday! With 2012 behind us it’s time to refocus our efforts on permanently creating safe access here in San Diego and helping Americans for Safe Access achieve the same across the nation. To help kick off the national effort this year, ASA will be holding a National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference in Washington D.C....

Bridging the Gap Between Public & Policy: National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference

Bridging the Gap Between Public & Policy: National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference

Dec 29, 2012

We are pleased to announce Bridging the Gap Between Public & Policy – Americans for Safe Access National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference, taking place February 22nd – 25th at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Americans for Safe Access and our allies will fight even harder for safe access in 2013. This is our chance to show the Obama...

GOT TESTED???

GOT TESTED???

Dec 21, 2012

By: PharmLabs Pharmlabs is one of many new and independent businesses striving to legitimize the medical marijuana industry. Established January 2012 in San Diego, California, PharmLabs is a professional laboratory that provides the medical marijuana community with a standardized platform of testing and analytical services to ensure patients have access to...

Massachusetts becomes the 18th medical marijuana state; now comes the difficult work of implementation

Massachusetts becomes the 18th medical marijuana state; now comes the difficult work of implementation

Nov 29, 2012

By: Kris Hermes, Americans for Safe Access Earlier this month, an overwhelming sixty-three percent of Massachusetts voters approved Ballot Question 3and, in so doing, became the country’s 18th state to pass a medical marijuana law. Massachusetts is now the latest in a growing number of states that are choosing to implement their own public health laws,...

Harnessing Our Power for Victory – Americans for Safe Access National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference

Harnessing Our Power for Victory – Americans for Safe Access National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference

Nov 24, 2012

We are pleased to announce Harnessing Our Power for Victory – Americans for Safe Access National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference, taking place February 22nd – 25th at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Americans for Safe Access and our allies will fight even harder for safe access in 2013. This is our chance to show the Obama...

Four Ballot Initiatives Fail to Secure the Rights of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Exist in Four San Diego Cities While a Landmark California Appellate Court Decision Defines Dispensaries as Legal

By: Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego CA – Hidden in the clouds of vapor in some reporter’s desk is a story whose magnitude was almost missed in the hubbub of the 2012 presidential election. On October 24th, 2012, the Fourth District Court of Appeals in San Diego overturned a medical marijuana dispensary operator’s...

Medical Marijuana Initiatives San Diego Results

Final Results for all the medical marijuana initiatives in San Diego County: PROP H – CITY OF DEL MAR Regulation Med Marijuana Reporting 5 of 5 at 100.0% counted. NO 1053 56.40 % YES 814 43.60 % PROP S – City of Imperial Beach Med. Marijuana Dispensaries. Reporting 12 of 12 at 100.0% counted. NO 2869 59.76 % YES 1932 40.24 % PROP T – CITY OF...

Bilbray Endorses Medical Marijuana Initiative in Imperial Beach

Bilbray Endorses Medical Marijuana Initiative in Imperial Beach

Nov 2, 2012

By: Eugene Davidovich Imperial Beach, CA – Incumbent City Council member Brian Pat Bilbray today, issued an official endorsement in support of Proposition S a voter initiative slated to appear on the November 6th ballot in the City. “With my sister having to use medical marijuana to treat her stage three melanoma this issue is very emotional and personal...

Dumanis Continues Raiding While Court of Appeals Tells Her She is Wrong

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access SAN DIEGO — Wednesday, October 24 a dozen armed, masked NTF agents stormed Next Generation, a legal medical marijuana collective located on San Ysidro Blvd. in San Diego. The raid came just hours after the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District reversed Jovan Jackson’s conviction. In...