Medical Marijuana Advocates Demand Local Officials Comply with State Distribution Laws Paul Marini | September 01, 2010 Oakland, CA -- Americans for Safe Access, the country's leading medical marijuana patient advocacy group, issued letters today to more than 140 localities across California with bans on distribution, demanding that they come into compliance with state law. The letters... Read more
California Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Case Paul Marini | August 18, 2010 Santa Ana, CA -- California's Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a long-awaited ruling today, choosing not to decide whether localities can ban medical marijuana distribution, and remanding the case back to Orange County Superior Court for further factual development.... Read more
San Diego DA Moves to Deny Medical Marijuana Defense in Second Trial of Jovan Jackson Paul Marini | August 16, 2010 San Diego, CA -- Despite being acquitted by a jury late last year of charges stemming from a 2008 arrest on marijuana possession and distribution charges, medical marijuana patient and provider Jovan Jackson is being tried by San Diego District... Read more
D.C. Mayor Moves to Implement Local Medical Marijuana Law Paul Marini | August 06, 2010 Washington, D.C. -- Mayor Adrian Fenty issued an order today, moving Washington D.C.'s medical marijuana law closer to implementation. With the Order, Mayor Fenty also issued proposed rulemaking, which sets out the regulations that will be used to implement the... Read more
Federal Medical Marijuana Legal Challenge Bolstered by New Veterans Policy Directive Paul Marini | July 28, 2010 San Francisco, CA -- Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed an important legal brief today in a Ninth Circuit case which aims to correct statements by the federal government that "marijuana has no currently accepted... Read more
Medical Marijuana Advocates Protest Recent DEA Raids in Michigan & California Paul Marini | July 21, 2010 Saginaw, MI / San Diego, CA -- Coordinated and lively protests were carried out today by medical marijuana patient advocates in both Saginaw, Michigan, and San Diego, California, against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for several raids it conducted... Read more
San Diego Medical Marijuana Provider Denied a Defense in Federal Court Paul Marini | July 13, 2010 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... Read more
Patient Advocates Condemn Federal DEA Raids in San Diego Paul Marini | July 09, 2010 San Diego, CA -- Federal agents raided at least three San Diego-area medical marijuana dispensaries today in the early morning hours. Sources say that Green Kross, Unified Collective and Kush Lounge were all served federal search warrants and were subjected... Read more
Medical Marijuana is Focus of National League of Cities Webcast Paul Marini | June 24, 2010 Washington, DC -- The National League of Cities (NLC) will hold its first medical marijuana live webcast Thursday at 2pm EST, to address the increasing need by local governments to study and address this important public health issue. The NLC... Read more
Oregon Board of Pharmacy Adopts Rules to Reclassify Marijuana as a Medicine Paul Marini | June 16, 2010 Portland, OR -- Oregon became the latest state and the first in many years to officially reclassify marijuana from its status as a dangerous drug with no medical value. The Oregon Board of Pharmacy (BOP) voted 4-1 today to move... Read more