LA Patients Protest County Ban Paul Marini | December 07, 2010 Fifty medical cannabis patients and advocates protested in front of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ meeting this morning in response to the Board’s 4-1 vote to ban medical cannabis collectives in unincorporated communities. Protesters cheered as motorists honked... Read more
CA Supreme Court Denies Law Enforcement Request to Review Landmark Case Paul Marini | December 06, 2010 After years of wrangling in the Court of Appeal, medical marijuana patients, on August 18, 2010, obtained a published decision affirming that federal law does not preempt California law regarding medical marijuana collectives. Dissatisfied with this outcome, numerous law enforcement... Read more
"Driven to the back alleys" Paul Marini | December 02, 2010 LA County Supervisor Don Knabe and his colleagues on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission just overturned a ban on raves at the LA Coliseum. The Commission enacted a ban this summer after a 15-year old girl died of a... Read more
World AIDS Day 2010 Paul Marini | December 01, 2010 Wednesday, December 1 marks the 23rd annual World AIDS Day. The theme of this important day this year is Universal Access and Human Rights, something we as members of the medical cannabis movement can certainly understand and get behind. ASA's website is... Read more
Congress Critters Seek IRS Clarification Paul Marini | November 30, 2010 ...And the hits just keep coming! Despite the DOJ memo and our best efforts the federal government continues to engage innovative tactics to continue their campaign of interference with state medical marijuana laws. The latest tactic is to use an... Read more
It's Official... ASA Wins Big! Paul Marini | November 24, 2010 Like most of the country we had mixed feelings about the mid-term elections. No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, there were gains and concessions, reliefs and disappointments. But, there was one race that changed everything—one election that... Read more
Set your DVR...'Waiting to Inhale' premiers on TV!! Paul Marini | November 24, 2010 Americans for Safe Access in partnership with Jed Riffe Films is pleased to inform you that the award winning documentary, WAITING TO INHALE, will have its national broadcast TV premiere on two cable networks in the coming weeks. The first... Read more
LA Supervisors Fumble Paul Marini | November 23, 2010 [caption id="attachment_1019" align="alignleft" width="106" caption="Supervisor Antonovich"][/caption]Los Angeles County Supervisors voted 4-1 today to ban medical cannabis collectives in the unincorporated communities of the county, overturning a 2006 ordinance regulating safe access. The vote was in response to concerns about public... Read more
Leonhart Gets a Pass Paul Marini | November 22, 2010 On Wednesday, November 17, the Senate Judiciary Committee convened for the nomination hearing of Michele Leonhart for the position of Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). In preparation, ASA had submitted questions for the committee members to ask Ms.... Read more
Call the Senate Judiciary Committee Today! Paul Marini | November 15, 2010 The elections are over and it's time to get back to work! Michele Leonhart, President Obama's nominee to head the Drug Enforcement Administration, is scheduled to be confirmed by the US Senate Judiciary Committee the afternoon of Wednesday, November 17.... Read more