Press Releases

Medical Marijuana Patient Advocates Hold San Jose Protest in Response to Local Arrests

Paul Marini | October 13, 2010

San Jose, CA -- Medical marijuana patient advocates and other stakeholders are staging a protest this Thursday as criminal court proceedings begin at the Terraine Courthouse. The protests are in response to aggressive law enforcement actions over the past two...

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San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator Convicted of Possession & Sales

Paul Marini | September 28, 2010

San Diego, CA -- Local medical marijuana dispensary operator Jovan Jackson was convicted by a jury today on all three counts of possession and sales. However, the conviction came after San Diego Superior Court Judge Howard H. Shore refused to...

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Second Trial Begins for San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator

Paul Marini | September 20, 2010

San Diego, CA -- Opening arguments began today for the second trial in less than a year against Jovan Jackson, a San Diego medical marijuana patient and dispensary operator who was arrested in a multi-agency law enforcement raid in September...

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Drug Czar Implicates Medical Marijuana in Increased Illegal Drug Abuse

Paul Marini | September 17, 2010

Washington, DC -- The results of a national survey on drug use and health were issued Wednesday by the federal government, noting a surge in the use of marijuana and other drugs such as ecstasy and methamphetamine. The Substance Abuse...

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Federal Agents Raid At Least Five Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Paul Marini | September 08, 2010

Las Vegas, NV -- The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted raids earlier today on at least five medical marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas, Nevada, and reportedly seized patient and financial records, but made no arrests. According to the Associated...

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Medical Marijuana Advocates Demand Local Officials Comply with State Distribution Laws

Paul Marini | September 01, 2010

Oakland, CA -- Americans for Safe Access, the country's leading medical marijuana patient advocacy group, issued letters today to more than 140 localities across California with bans on distribution, demanding that they come into compliance with state law. The letters...

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California Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ban Case

Paul Marini | August 18, 2010

Santa Ana, CA -- California's Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a long-awaited ruling today, choosing not to decide whether localities can ban medical marijuana distribution, and remanding the case back to Orange County Superior Court for further factual development....

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San Diego DA Moves to Deny Medical Marijuana Defense in Second Trial of Jovan Jackson

Paul Marini | August 16, 2010

San Diego, CA -- Despite being acquitted by a jury late last year of charges stemming from a 2008 arrest on marijuana possession and distribution charges, medical marijuana patient and provider Jovan Jackson is being tried by San Diego District...

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D.C. Mayor Moves to Implement Local Medical Marijuana Law

Paul Marini | August 06, 2010

Washington, D.C. -- Mayor Adrian Fenty issued an order today, moving Washington D.C.'s medical marijuana law closer to implementation. With the Order, Mayor Fenty also issued proposed rulemaking, which sets out the regulations that will be used to implement the...

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Federal Medical Marijuana Legal Challenge Bolstered by New Veterans Policy Directive

Paul Marini | July 28, 2010

San Francisco, CA -- Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed an important legal brief today in a Ninth Circuit case which aims to correct statements by the federal government that "marijuana has no currently accepted...

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