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Federal Agents Raid At Least Five Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Paul Marini | September 08, 2010

Las Vegas, NV -- The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted raids earlier today on at least five medical marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas, Nevada, and reportedly seized patient and financial records, but made no arrests. According to the Associated...

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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...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - September 2010

Paul Marini | September 01, 2010

Volume 5, Issue 9

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CA Assembly Rejects SJR 14

Paul Marini | August 31, 2010

The California Assembly failed to adopt SJR 14 by only four votes on Monday (see votes). We are disappointed by this outcome, but I want to thank the hundreds of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) members and supporters who called...

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LA City Attorney Turns Up the Heat

Paul Marini | August 26, 2010

The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office has filed a complaint (download sections 1- 2 -3 - 4) asking for a Temporary Restraining Order and Permanent Injunction closing 135 pre-moratorium medical cannabis collectives deemed ineligible to register under the city’s new...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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Toronto Police Conduct 2nd Raid on Long-Running Dispensary

Paul Marini | August 06, 2010

Our sister organization, Canadians for Safe Access (CSA), reports a second raid of Cannabis as Living Medicine (CALM), one of the most well-established medical cannabis dispensaries in Canada.  Officers claimed they were responding to “community complaints” and seized a large...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - August 2010

Paul Marini | August 01, 2010

Volume 5, Issue 8

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