California Raids on Medical Marijuana Caregivers Stir Protests Paul Marini | July 11, 2005 CALIFORNIA – In the past 6 weeks, California law enforcement agencies have participated in or spearheaded raids on medical marijuana dispensing collectives in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Sacramento. Advocates are concerned that state and local law enforcement... Read more
STATE OFFICIALS ORDER MMJ ID PROGRAM HALT DESPITE LEGAL OPINIONS Paul Marini | July 08, 2005 California – Medical marijuana patients and supporters across the state called in protest to Governor Schwarzenegger, after learning that the California Department of Health Services (DHS) suspended implementation of the long-awaited voluntary ID program for patients and caregivers. Read more
MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENT-CAREGIVER SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON Paul Marini | July 06, 2005 San Francisco -- Robert Schmidt, a medical marijuana dispensary operator, cultivator, patient, and researcher was sentenced today by Judge Stephen Breyer to 41 months in federal prison, and 3 years supervised probabtion. Mr Schmidt's dispensary in Sonoma County, named Genesis 1:29,... Read more
PATIENT- ADVOCATES SERVE SUIT ON FRESNO FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY BAN Paul Marini | June 30, 2005 FRESNO, CA – Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a medical marijuana patient-advocacy group, served a lawsuit today against the city of Fresno for restricting medical marijuana dispensing collectives from operating as enumerated in California law. (To read the lawsuit, go... Read more
Advocates Welcome State-Issued Medical Marijuana ID Cards Paul Marini | May 25, 2005 Sacramento -- California Department of Health Services today launched a pilot medical marijuana ID card program as outlined by a law passed by the California legislature in 3 California counties Amador, Del Norte, and Mendocino. Trinity County will begin its... Read more
Patient Advocacy Group Appeals HHS Evasion Paul Marini | May 20, 2005 Washington DC – A medical marijuana advocacy group filed an appeal with the Department of Health and Human Services after the agency declined their request to either correct or deny their petition seeking to dismiss government assertions that marijuana is... Read more
Supreme Court Decision on Medical Marijuana Expected Anytime Paul Marini | May 18, 2005 NATIONWIDE – The United States Supreme Court will render its decision in the Ashcroft v. Raich case any day. In the most-watched case before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, two California women argued that the federal government does not... Read more
Lockyer: CA Courts Must Follow State Over Federal Law Paul Marini | May 03, 2005 SACRAMENTO – In light of a recent statement by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, medical marijuana advocates are calling on him to issue a formal legal opinion requested by numerous public officials over the years. Americans for Safe Access, a... Read more
Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Sues Fresno Paul Marini | April 25, 2005 Fresno, CA - A medical Marijuana advocacy group has filed suit against the city of Fresno for enacting a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries. The lead plaintiff, William McPike, is suing Fresno with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a medical... Read more
Press Conference Tuesday, February 15: Medical Marijuana Group Lawsuit Against CHP, Governor Paul Marini | February 15, 2005 Read more