November 25th, 2009 Posted by Kris Hermes http://safeaccessnow.org/blog/?p=477 This story would be amusing if it wasn’t so tragic. The Answerdam Alternative Care Collective (AACC) was a medical marijuana dispensary in San Diego. It was doing the best it could to comply with the law: it was collectively run, it did not make a profit, it verified its member...

By: Eugene Davidovich 11/25/09, 3:50pm This afternoon marks day 7 of the Medical Marijuana Trial of Jovan Jackson and the defenses turn to present evidence and witnesses to the Jury. The morning began with the testimony from James Pitts, a San Diego Deputy District Attorney and member of the Answerdam Collective. His testimony was brief and uneventful, much like...

By: Eugene Davidovich Tuesday, November 17, 2009 was day two in the medical marijuana trial of Mr. Jovan Jackson of Answerdam Alternative Care Collective (AAC). The proceedings began at 8:30 in Department 33 of the San Diego Superior Court with Judge Cynthia Bashant presiding. The courtroom was half packed with a number of Mr. Jackson’s friends, family, and...

By: Eugene Davidovich Today at 3pm the trial of Jovan Jackson began in Department 33. The preceedings started with a closed discussion in the judges chambers with Lance Rogers, Mr. Jackson’s attorney and Chris Linbergh the prosecutor. When the judge returned to the bench, she mentioned that the motions both sides intended to file deserve a thorough read...

This afternoon Jovan Jackson a legitimate medical cannabis patient, navy veteran, and member of a local collective under attack by the San Diego DA’s office is going to trial. Trial has been set to start in Department 33 today at 3:00pm at the San Diego Superior Court. Jovan is one of the victim’s of District Attorney Dumanis’ “fierce fight” against...

By Eugene Davidovich On Thursday November 12, 2009, HARM (Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana) held a “Marijuana Dispensaries: Legal Issues Seminar”. At the Carmel Valley Community Center. In attendance were law enforcement agencies, cities’ attorneys, and staff. Although the flier sent out by HARM advertised that anyone who cares about the issue was...

Peaceful Protest / Rally – TODAY -November 12, 2009 – 2pm-4pm Carmel Valley Community Center 3777 Townsgate Drive, San Diego 92130 HARM’s Medical Marijuana Eradication Seminar HARM is a local San Diego County funded group whose goal is to decrease the accessibility of medical marijuana. This part of their mission should outrage any citizen who...

Largest and oldest U.S. physician-based group reverses long-held position on medical marijuana Houston, TX — The American Medical Association (AMA) voted today to reverse its long-held position that marijuana be retained as a Schedule I substance with no medical value. The AMA adopted a report drafted by the AMA Council on Science and Public Health (CSAPH)...

Nov 9, 2009

ASA Peaceful Protest / Rally November 12, 2009 – 2pm-4pm Carmel Valley Community Center 3777 Townsgate Drive, San Diego 92130 Come out and Protest against: HARM’s Medical Marijuana Eradication Seminar HARM is a local San Diego County funded group whose goal is to decrease the accessibility of medical marijuana. This part of their mission should outrage...

Nov 9, 2009

ASA Peaceful Protest / Rally November 12, 2009 – 2pm-4pm Carmel Valley Community Center 3777 Townsgate Drive, San Diego 92130 Come out and Protest against: HARM’s Medical Marijuana Eradication Seminar HARM is a local San Diego County funded group whose goal is to decrease the accessibility of medical marijuana. This part of their mission should outrage...

By Eugene Davidovich November 6, 2009 2:15pm San Diego ASA would like to extend a sincere thank you to each and every one of the task force members for volunteering their time and energy as well as for being patient in hearing out the recommendations and opinions of concerned citizens and patients alike. Today the San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force met for...

by Eugene Davidovich November 5, 2009 at 9am the San Diego Planning Commission will meet to discuss a request by New Earth Beginnings for a determination regarding the appropriate zoning use category and subcategory for medical marijuana cooperatives and collectives in the city. The agenda item is listed below: NEW EARTH BEGINNINGS – PROJECT NO. 193751 City...

Was the D.A. leveling with us at her pot-raid news conference? By Dave Maass After the Sept. 9 raids on 14 medical cannabis dispensaries, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis issued a press release gloating about how she shut down the operations of “drug dealers.” Yet, Dumanis provided very little evidence to back up her blanket claims. CityBeat presents this...

For Immediate Release: October 27th, 2009 “Truth in Trials” Act corrects unfair trials, complements recent DOJ guidelines Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-CA) and more than twenty original bipartisan co-sponsors introduced legislation today that would allow defendants in medical marijuana cases the ability to use medical...

Come out to learn whats going on in the community, the state, and the nation. The San Diego ASA meeting starts tonight at 7 pm at: 6070 Mt. Alifan Dr. Ste 202 San Diego, CA 92111