1. Thanks to Activist Opposition, LA Planning Committee Puts Off Dispensary Vote This week, the Los Angeles City Council's Planning Committee delayed a decision on a new medical cannabis ordinance that would have regulated dispensing collectives operating in city limits....
Read moreUS Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals in the Beijing games last year, was photographed smoking cannabis at a college party in November. He issued the standard apology after a picture of him holding a water pipe...
Read more1. Days After Obama is sworn in, DEA Exploits Transition; Raids Dispensary The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raided a medical cannabis dispensary Thursday in South Lake Tahoe in the first days of the new Obama Administration. Even though President Obama...
Read more1. San Deigo and San Bernardino Appeal ID Cards to US Supreme Court After three consecutive losses in court, San Diego and San Bernardino Counties sent yet another petition to the US Supreme Court, asking to quit their state-mandated obligation...
Read moreOnly days before President Bush is to leave office, his administration has dealt yet another blow to scientific integrity by refusing to implement the recommendations of DEA Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner and open up the production of cannabis...
Read moreLast month, reason.tv released a video about Charles Lynch and one of the patients he served before being raided by the DEA. Now that the trial has gotten underway, reason.tv has released a video update on the trial. Check it...
Read moreWelcome to the latest installment of ASA’s video testimonial project. As many of you may remember, the video testimonial project has been designed to help educate people about medical cannabis by having patients and supporters share their stories. This project...
Read moreWelcome to the latest installment of ASA's video testimonial project. As many of you may remember, the video testimonial project has been designed to help educate people about medical cannabis by having patients and supporters share their stories. This project...
Read moreSenate Health Committee Votes to Move SJR 20 Forward From ASA's Chief of Staff, Rebecca Saltman The Senate Health Committee showed their commitment to safe access for patients this Wednesday by approving the resolution calling on an end to federal...
Read moreYesterday was a historic day for the medical marijuana movement. SJR 20, a resolution that calls for an end to DEA attacks on California’s medical cannabis patients and providers, cleared the California Senate Health Committee.Unsurprisingly, the votes came down on...
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