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Recall Candidates Prepared to Fight Feds for Medical Cannabis Patients

Paul Marini | September 23, 2003

The one issue all the major gubernatorial candidates in the California recall agree on is that marijuana should be legally available to those who are medically helped by it. When asked about medical marijuana in a televised debate, Arianna Huffington...

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Medical Marijuana Vigils, Rallies in Sacramento and Across the Nation

Paul Marini | September 22, 2003

SACRAMENTO – A candlelight vigil tonight on the north steps of the California state capitol building in Sacramento commemorates the anniversary of the incarceration of Bryan Epis, who was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for helping patients in...

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Medical Marijuana Message On L.A. Newstands Now

Paul Marini | September 18, 2003

Los Angeles – Americans for Safe Access has launched a campaign to educate Los Angelenos about U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s attacks on their medical rights. “Coming to a Courtroom Near You” reads the headline over an image of a...

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Medical Marijuana Rights to Be Argued in Federal Appellate Court

Paul Marini | September 16, 2003

In a hearing with momentous implications for federal drug laws, four medical marijuana dispensaries challenging the constitutionality of federal laws prohibiting their operation will have their chance in front of a federal appeals court on Wednesday morning.

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California Gubernatorial Candidates Questioned on Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | August 28, 2003

Thursday, August 28, 2003 – The leading candidates for governor in California’s hotly contested recall race were given surveys and briefing books on medical marijuana today. Americans for Safe Access, the nation’s leading organization of patients, doctors and advocates, is...

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Judge Says Defendant Caught in “Tug of War” Over Marijuana Laws

Paul Marini | August 12, 2003

Santa Ana – A “bold, precedent-setting decision” is what U.S. District Judge David O. Carter had said he would make yesterday in the sentencing of an Orange County man who had been growing in his garage the marijuana he used...

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Judge Says He May Set Bold Medical Marijuana Precedent Today

Paul Marini | August 11, 2003

Santa Ana – A “bold, precedent-setting decision” is what U.S. District Judge David O. Carter has said he will make today in the sentencing of an Orange County man who had been growing in his garage the marijuana he used...

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SF Supervisors Urge Leniency for Hollywood Actor, Two Others

Paul Marini | July 29, 2003

San Francisco – Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have signed a letter requesting leniency for three medical marijuana patients appearing in federal court tomorrow for an unprecedented third day of sentencing hearings.  The Supervisors ask Judge William Alsup...

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More Than One-Third of U.S. House Votes “Yes” on Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | July 23, 2003

Washington, D.C. – After a dramatic hour of debate that saw amendment co-sponsor Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) in tears, more than one-third of the U.S. House of Representatives voted today in favor of stopping the federal prosecution of medical marijuana patients...

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House of Representatives Voting to Stop Federal Medical Marijuana Raids

Paul Marini | July 22, 2003

Washington, D.C.– For the first time in five years, the U.S. House of Representatives is voting on the right of states to regulate the medical marijuana issue, an issue that has increasingly pitted the state of California and nine others...

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