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Jury Instructions Complete in Preparation for Medical Marijuana Patient and Collective Operator Jovan Jackson’s Trial

Paul Marini | October 11, 2013

San Diego – Medical marijuana patient and Navy veteran Jovan Jackson, along with his attorney, Lance Rogers assisted by Logan Fairfax and Rezwan Khan were in court Thursday and Friday, October 3rd and 4th 2013, to hammer out jury instructions...

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6 months imprisonment, $821,000 forfeiture for Norton brothers who ran a licensed dispensary in Alameda County

Paul Marini | October 10, 2013

San Jose, CA -- Four people connected to a licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Alameda County were scheduled to be sentenced today in federal court in a prosecution that has lasted more than six years. Brothers Winslow and Abraham Norton accepted...

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U.S. Supreme Court Skirts Review of Marijuana's Medical Use, While Millions of Patients Are Still Denied Helpful Treatment

Paul Marini | October 10, 2013

Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review an appeal of marijuana's federal classification as a dangerous drug with no medical value. While this came as no surprise to advocates, including the plaintiff Americans for Safe Access (ASA),...

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ASA California Roundup: October 7, 2013

Paul Marini | October 07, 2013

Contents: California News Government Shutdown Will Not Affect the War on Pot Should adult students be allowed to use medical marijuana at California colleges? US becoming more accepting of medical marijuana San Diego: New medical cannabis plan is a prescription...

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High court allows ban on marijuana prescriptions

Paul Marini | October 07, 2013

Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a San Francisco group's challenge Monday to the federal government's refusal to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana, leaving intact the government's classification of the drug as a dangerous substance with...

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High Court Rejects Appeal To Reclassify Marijuana

Paul Marini | October 07, 2013

Lance Duroni, Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from several medical marijuana advocacy groups challenging the Drug Enforcement Administration’s decision to maintain marijuana as a Schedule I drug, the category reserved for the most...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - October 2013

Paul Marini | October 04, 2013

Senate Hearings on Cannabis Laws, Mandatory Sentencing Washington Seeks Input on Medical Cannabis Rules Massachusetts to Round 2 on Dispensary Licenses New Hampshire Officials start rulemaking on Medical Cannabis Law. Illinois Officials Begin Rulemaking Meetings California Bill to Regulate Medical...

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Should adult students be allowed to use medical marijuana at California colleges?

Paul Marini | October 03, 2013

Cody Drabble, Sacramento News & Review Legal pot and 21st-century student life collide in Sacramento.

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Government Seizing Kids Over Parents' Medical Pot

Paul Marini | October 01, 2013

David Downs, East Bay Express If you're a medical marijuana patient, and you are in the middle of a nasty divorce, and you live in a cultural backwater like Michigan or inland California - beware. Government workers will seize your...

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ASA California Roundup: September 30, 2013

Paul Marini | September 30, 2013

Contents: California News Marijuana groups converge on Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga Family credits rare medical marijuana with helping epileptic son Santa Clara vs. Marijuana: The Continuing Saga San Diego sues to close medical pot shop Events Tuesday, October 1...

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