Press Releases

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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Medical Marijuana Advocates Protest Recent DEA Raids in Michigan & California

Paul Marini | July 21, 2010

Saginaw, MI / San Diego, CA -- Coordinated and lively protests were carried out today by medical marijuana patient advocates in both Saginaw, Michigan, and San Diego, California, against the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for several raids it conducted...

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San Diego Medical Marijuana Provider Denied a Defense in Federal Court

Paul Marini | July 13, 2010

San Diego, CA -- U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz denied a defense today for James Stacy, a San Diego-area medical marijuana provider raided in September 2009 by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Stacy was raided by the DEA...

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Patient Advocates Condemn Federal DEA Raids in San Diego

Paul Marini | July 09, 2010

San Diego, CA -- Federal agents raided at least three San Diego-area medical marijuana dispensaries today in the early morning hours. Sources say that Green Kross, Unified Collective and Kush Lounge were all served federal search warrants and were subjected...

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Medical Marijuana is Focus of National League of Cities Webcast

Paul Marini | June 24, 2010

Washington, DC -- The National League of Cities (NLC) will hold its first medical marijuana live webcast Thursday at 2pm EST, to address the increasing need by local governments to study and address this important public health issue.  The NLC...

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