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Welcome to Cannabis Activist Summer Camp!

Paul Marini | July 27, 2012

Howdy-Ho (potential) Campers! A bunch of us here at ASA are just so riled-up over this crazy federal crackdown on safe access, so we decided to start an online activist summer camp called Camp WakeUpObama to give all you medical...

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Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Paul Marini | July 24, 2012

Los Angeles, CA -- After more than four years of attempting to craft a medical marijuana dispensary ordinance, despite dozens of regulatory examples across California, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban the facilities outright. The ban...

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Wake Up Obama: Cannabis Patients Vote!

Paul Marini | July 23, 2012

This is a photo of me at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. I had just heard one of the most politically motivating speeches of my life from a candidate for president. I was moved to tears, joyous, and inspired. This...

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National News in Review

Paul Marini | July 20, 2012

A week of national news about medical cannabis, in review. If you live in Northern California, be part of making the news by protesting Obama's crackdown on state-legal dispensaries when he visits Oakland on Monday. Federal Judge Orders Defendant to...

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Medical Marijuana Patients Rally at Obama Fundraiser in Oakland, Demand End to Federal Attacks

Paul Marini | July 20, 2012

NEW: Watch video of last night's action -- Images projected onto Obama's Oakland Campaign HQ: http://youtu.be/Ci0XlKAgbWU

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Congressional Medical Marijuana Bill Would Lift Current Ban on Evidence in Federal Court

Paul Marini | July 18, 2012

Washington, DC -- Late yesterday, U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-CA) and 18 co-sponsors introduced HR 6134, the "Truth in Trials" Act, bipartisan legislation to allow defendants in federal criminal prosecutions the ability to use medical marijuana evidence at trial, a...

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Medical Cannabis News Roundup

Paul Marini | July 13, 2012

News about medical cannabis from around the nation - or, everything you missed if you were reading about the unjust federal action targeting Harborside Health Center. Government-sponsored study destroys DEA’s classification of marijuana - The Raw Story Visa and Mastercard...

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Cutting through the legal quagmire, patients demand safe and legal access to medical marijuana

Paul Marini | July 11, 2012

          Last Friday, patient advocates Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed an amicus ‘friend of the court’ brief in City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness Center to convey the urgent need for safe and legal access to...

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California's Most Well-known Medical Marijuana Dispensary Slapped with Federal Asset Forfeiture Suit

Paul Marini | July 11, 2012

Oakland, CA -- California's most well-known medical marijuana dispensary, Harborside Health Center, was served with a civil complaint for "forfeiture of property" on Monday for both of their locations in Oakland and San Jose. The Oakland dispensary has been fully...

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Activist Journalist arrested in Oaksterdam raid to be arraigned

Paul Marini | July 10, 2012

On April 2, 2012 Jose Alacran Gutierrez was among the throng of protesters and journalists that captured the federal raid on Richard Lee’s Oaksterdam University and Coffee Shop Blue Sky. A veteran Bay Area beat reporter for Pacifica Radio -...

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