Mar 6, 2013

SUPPORT HR 689 AND HR 710 Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Sam Farr recently introduced legislation that will end the federal conflict with state medical cannabis programs. Blumenauer’s bill, titled the States’ Medical Marijuana Patient Protections Act (HR 689), will move cannabis out of Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medical...

Mar 3, 2013

William R. Sherman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) San Diego Field Division has declared an outright war on medical marijuana patients in San Diego. Without any regard for State law or local regulations, Sherman has commandeered local law enforcement to enforce federal law and has executed hundreds of raids on medical...

Mar 3, 2013

Message from Don Duncan CA Director of Americans for Safe Access to San Diego ASA

Feb 28, 2013

Change.org Petition to remove Laura Duffy as US Attorney for Southern District Laura E. Duffy was sworn in as the Presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of California on June 2, 2010. Since then, she has waged a vindictive war on legitimate medical marijuana patients in her district. Aside from ordering arrests,...

Feb 26, 2013

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner discusses the need for congress and the Obama administration to stop prosecuting medical marijuana patients, respects states medical marijuana laws, and to reschedule...

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/

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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,...