Double Your Impact Paul Marini | June 28, 2011 We all know the fight for safe access continues. Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps recognizes the important role ASA plays in that fight and has generously offered to match every online donation, up to $20,000, that ASA receives through July 15.Double... Read more
Oppose SB 847 to protect local access in CA Paul Marini | June 25, 2011 The California Assembly Committee on Local Government will vote on a bill that will make it much more difficult to establish a legal medical cannabis patients’ cooperative or collective on Tuesday, June 29. Senator Lou Correa’s (D-Santa Ana) SB 847... Read more
A Small Step Forward Paul Marini | June 24, 2011 The District of Columbia Circuit issued an order yesterday requiring the Drug Enforcement Administration to answer our petition for writ of mandamus. While this doesn't require the government to actually answer the rescheduling petition filed in 2002 by the Coalition... Read more
3 More Indictments in Federal Campaign Against Medical Marijuana Paul Marini | June 24, 2011 The federal government indicted three people yesterday in Montana, continuing its campaign to undermine medical marijuana laws across the country. The indictment against Jason Burns, Joshua Schultz, and Jesse Leland who were providing medical marijuana to state-qualified patients in Montana,... Read more
Congress to AG Holder: Let States Implement Medical Marijuana Laws without Federal Interference Paul Marini | June 23, 2011 Congressional members Barney Frank (D-MA) and Jared Polis (D-CO) wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder earlier this week urging him to re-avow his commitment to an October 2009 memorandum that de-emphasized federal enforcement regarding medical marijuana.The 2009 memo was... Read more
Oregon Officials: What's in it for us? Paul Marini | June 14, 2011 On June 3, Oregon officials were told by local US Attorney Dwight Holton & several other law enforcement agencies including District Attorneys and Sheriffs' offices that Medical Cannabis Dispensaries "will not be tolerated." State officials continue to hide behind the... Read more
Imperial Beach to Ban Collective Cultivation; City Council Refuses to Implement State’s Medical Marijuana Laws Paul Marini | June 13, 2011 By: Eugene Davidovich and Marcus BoydImperial Beach, CA - On June 15, 2011 at 7pm, the Imperial Beach City Council will discuss and vote to enact an outright ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and all collective cultivation efforts in the... Read more
Another Bad Employment Law Decision Paul Marini | June 09, 2011 In an 8-1 decision, a third state supreme court -- in this case, the Washington Supreme Court -- issued a negative decision regarding the employment rights of medical marijuana patients. In Jane Roe v. TeleTech Customer Care Management, LLC, the... Read more
B-Real and I talk about the Spring Gathering Paul Marini | June 09, 2011 Americans for Safe Access (ASA) volunteers will be screening medical cannabis patients for the designated smoking area at the Spring Gathering Music Festival & Medical Marijuana Exposition this Saturday in San Bernardino. ASA invites members and friends to enjoy the... Read more
Tough year in Sacramento Paul Marini | June 06, 2011 This is shaping up as a tough year for medical cannabis in Sacramento. California Senators failed to vote on a bill by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) that would have protected legal medical cannabis patients from employment discrimination. Americans for... Read more