Press Releases

Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Protect Landlords of Compliant Medical Marijuana Businesses

Paul Marini | August 03, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- Late yesterday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and eight initial co-sponsors introduced HR 6335, the States’ Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act, in an attempt to stop the seizure of property from landlords of state law-compliant medical marijuana...

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Closure of More Permitted SF Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Marked by Funeral Procession and Press Conference

Paul Marini | July 31, 2012

San Francisco, CA -- As two city-permitted dispensaries are shut down today after 9 years of service to thousands of medical marijuana patients, a coalition calling itself San Francisco United for Safe Access will stage a funeral procession with somber...

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Medical Marijuana Patients Get Their Day in Federal Court with the Obama Administration

Paul Marini | July 30, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- Late last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to hear oral arguments in Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, a lawsuit challenging the federal government's classification of marijuana as...

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Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry Los Angeles Dispensary Ban Vote, Announce Referendum Campaign

Paul Marini | July 24, 2012

Los Angeles, CA -- After more than four years of attempting to craft a medical marijuana dispensary ordinance, despite dozens of regulatory examples across California, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban the facilities outright. The ban...

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Medical Marijuana Patients Rally at Obama Fundraiser in Oakland, Demand End to Federal Attacks

Paul Marini | July 20, 2012

NEW: Watch video of last night's action -- Images projected onto Obama's Oakland Campaign HQ: http://youtu.be/Ci0XlKAgbWU

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Congressional Medical Marijuana Bill Would Lift Current Ban on Evidence in Federal Court

Paul Marini | July 18, 2012

Washington, DC -- Late yesterday, U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-CA) and 18 co-sponsors introduced HR 6134, the "Truth in Trials" Act, bipartisan legislation to allow defendants in federal criminal prosecutions the ability to use medical marijuana evidence at trial, a...

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California's Most Well-known Medical Marijuana Dispensary Slapped with Federal Asset Forfeiture Suit

Paul Marini | July 11, 2012

Oakland, CA -- California's most well-known medical marijuana dispensary, Harborside Health Center, was served with a civil complaint for "forfeiture of property" on Monday for both of their locations in Oakland and San Jose. The Oakland dispensary has been fully...

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Patient Advocates File Brief in Support of Federal Appeal by Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator

Paul Marini | July 10, 2012

San Francisco, CA -- Medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed an amicus 'friend of the court' brief yesterday in a federal appeal brought by California dispensary operator Charlie C. Lynch. Lynch's case drew a lot of...

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New Study: Leading U.S. Medical Marijuana Researcher Says Current Federal Classification 'Not Tenable'

Paul Marini | July 09, 2012

San Diego, CA -- Dr. Igor Grant, director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), and two other investigators published a study in the most recent issue of The Open Neurology Journal, which concluded that the Schedule I classification...

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California Court of Appeal Affirms Legality of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Rejects Municipal Bans

Paul Marini | July 03, 2012

Los Angeles, CA -- The Second District Court of Appeal in California issued a landmark decision yesterday in County of Los Angeles v. Alternative Medicinal Cannabis Collective (AMCC), which affirmed the legality of medical marijuana dispensaries under state law, and...

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