Patient Advocates Invite Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy to Better Understand Medical Marijuana Paul Marini | January 09, 2013 Washington, DC -- In response to public comments made against U.S. marijuana reform today by former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, patient advocates wrote to Kennedy inviting him to attend a national conference on medical marijuana scheduled for February 22nd... Read more
Obama Administration Throwing Medical Marijuana Patients Into Federal Prison at Unprecedented Rate Paul Marini | January 04, 2013 Washington, DC -- Fallout from the Obama Administration's aggressive federal enforcement in medical marijuana states has reached a fever pitch this month with three people being sentenced, two others due to surrender to federal authorities to serve out sentences of... Read more
Medical Marijuana Groups File Brief in Support of Mendocino's Refusal to Turn Over Cultivation Records to Feds Paul Marini | January 02, 2013 San Francisco, CA -- Two medical marijuana groups have teamed up to support Mendocino County officials in their effort to fight a sweeping federal subpoena filed in October, seeking "any and all records" for the county's medical marijuana cultivation program,... Read more
City of Oakland and Feds Go Toe-to-Toe in Medical Marijuana Dispensary Forfeiture Case Paul Marini | December 19, 2012 San Francisco, CA -- The Obama Administration will be going toe-to-toe in federal court Thursday at 10am with the City of Oakland and California's largest medical marijuana dispensary, Harborside Health Center. U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag filed forfeiture proceedings in July... Read more
Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials To Fight Federal Subpoena for Records Paul Marini | December 03, 2012 Ukiah, CA -- The Mendocino Board of Supervisors and County Counsel Thomas Parker are scheduled to meet in a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss a pending federal subpoena for records held by the Sheriff's now-defunct medical marijuana cultivation program, County... Read more
Upcoming Town Hall Meeting in D.C. will Educate Prospective Patients on District Medical Marijuana Program Paul Marini | November 27, 2012 Washington, D.C. -- District voters overwhelmingly passed the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative nearly 15 years ago in 1998, but after passing several hurdles the law will finally go into effect early next year, only weeks away. In... Read more
'Superstring Theory' Co-founder Admonishes Federal Government for Ignoring Sound Science on Medical Marijuana Paul Marini | November 01, 2012 Washington, D.C. -- Taking his first public political stance, Dr. John Schwarz, co-founder of 'Superstring Theory' and a Theoretical Physics professor at California Institute of Technology, published a commentary piece today in the Huffington Post, urging the federal government to... Read more
Medical Marijuana Advocates Launch New Election-Based Website: VoteMedicalMarijuana.org Paul Marini | October 25, 2012 Washington, D.C. -- The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launched a new website today -- VoteMedicalMarijuana.org -- that provides patients and their supporters with the tools they need to make informed decisions about the candidates in... Read more
Unanimous Landmark Appellate Decision Issued in San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Paul Marini | October 24, 2012 San Diego, CA -- The Fourth District Court of Appeal for California issued a unanimous published ruling today in a landmark medical marijuana case that reverses the conviction of a San Diego dispensary operator, Jovan Jackson, convicted in September 2010... Read more
Medical Marijuana Advocates File Brief with D.C. Circuit Alleging Federal Policy Harmful to Patients Paul Marini | October 23, 2012 Washington, D.C. -- Less than a week after oral arguments in the landmark federal case to reclassify marijuana for medical use, the plaintiffs filed an additional brief late yesterday at the request of the court. In the case Americans for... Read more