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Calaveras Sheriff Brazenly Engages in Identity Theft to Entrap Medical Marijuana Provider

Paul Marini | June 11, 2010

Stooping to a new low, local law enforcement in California has resorted to identity theft in order to entrap, arrest and prosecute law-abiding medical marijuana providers. The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department has admitted to using the physician’s recommendation and identity...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - June 2010

Paul Marini | June 01, 2010

Volume 5, Issue 6

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Congress Tries to Stop Denial of Banking Services to Medical Marijuana Providers

Paul Marini | May 24, 2010

Washington, DC -- Fifteen Members of Congress sent a letter Friday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging him to issue "written guidance for financial institutions," which would commit the Department to not targeting those institutions whose account holders are in...

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San Diego Medical Marijuana Provider First to be Tried Under New DOJ Policy

Paul Marini | May 18, 2010

San Diego, CA -- A North San Diego County medical marijuana provider, James Stacy, whose Vista dispensary was raided on September 9, 2009, by a multi-agency narcotics task force, will be the first such case to go to trial after...

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Medical Marijuana Advocates Condemn Attacks on Montana Dispensaries

Paul Marini | May 10, 2010

Billings, MT -- Medical marijuana advocates condemn recent arson attempts against two local dispensaries. Two separate attempts to set fire to medical marijuana dispensaries have occurred over the past two days. At both locations, the words "Not in Our Town"...

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Vote on D.C. Medical Marijuana Bill Holds Bittersweet Promise for Patients

Paul Marini | May 04, 2010

Washington, D.C. -- The District Council took its second vote today on a bill that will regulate and enact Initiative 59, the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative. In the final vote on changes to the bill, District Council...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - May 2010

Paul Marini | May 01, 2010

Volume 5, Issue 5

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Second Reading of D.C. Medical Marijuana Bill Scheduled for Tuesday

Paul Marini | April 30, 2010

Washington, D.C. -- The District Council will hold its second reading Tuesday on a bill to regulate and enact Initiative 59, the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative. The District Council voted unanimously on April 20th to approve the...

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Federal Judge Suggests Reclassifying Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | April 30, 2010

Los Angeles, CA -- Federal District Court Judge George H. Wu issued a 41-page written sentencing order yesterday, stating that medical marijuana provider Charles C. Lynch was "caught in the middle of the shifting positions" on the issue and that,...

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Los Angeles City Council Passes Final Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordinance

Paul Marini | April 16, 2010

Los Angeles, CA -- The Los Angeles City Council voted 9-1 today to approve final amendments to a local medical marijuana dispensary ordinance it passed earlier this year. Although Mayor Villaraigosa signed the dispensary ordinance into law on February 3rd,...

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