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DEA Raids on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will be Met With New Nationwide Protests

Paul Marini | June 13, 2002

SAN FRANSISCO – Last week thousands of people who organized under the banner Americans For Safe Access (ASA) disrupted business-as-usual at 50 regional outposts of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. The protests were...

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Ohio Protest to Stop the DEAs Expanding War on Medical Marijuana and Patients!

Paul Marini | June 04, 2002

June 6th has been declared as a day for a nation-wide action by a coalition of dozens of marijuana reform groups all across the United States. The nation-wide day of action has been called because of the recent raids of...

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PATIENTS PUSH BACK AFTER DEA RAIDS IN SANTA ROSA

Steph Sherer | June 01, 2002

NATIONWIDE – Under the banner “Americans For Safe Access”, activists in 55 cities nationwide will attempt to disrupt business-as-usual on June 6th at local outposts of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Patients and their supporters vowed to ratchet up the...

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Wichita Direct Action

Paul Marini | May 28, 2002

News Release May 28, 2002 From: Hemp Industries of Kansas (316) 681 1743 http://www.HempForUS.com A Coalition of marijuana and drug policy reform organizations are joining forces to launch a national day of direct action again the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)...

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Bush Administration Medical Marijuana Policy Not Compassionate

Paul Marini | May 21, 2002

BERKELEY, CA – A summary judgment last week stated that California medical marijuana dispensaries have no Federal constitutional right to distribute the drug to seriously ill people. The decision is the latest in an accelerating crack down by the Bush...

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Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Hangs Massive Banner Defending Medical Marijuana Against Bush Administration Attacks

Steph Sherer | April 19, 2002

San Francisco – Americans for Safe Access today announced its hanging of a 1200 square foot banner on an empty billboard in San Francisco at Ninth and Brannan Streets. The banner reads, “Ashcroft: No War on Patients! Californians Say YES...

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