Drug Czar Tries to Duck Debate on Medical Marijuana Today Paul Marini | November 17, 2003 Medical marijuana patients and activists are giving the nation’s drug czar another chance to debate them today, by taking their Town Hall Meeting to him at Moscone Center, where he is addressing the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting. ... Read more
Talk Show Host Fined for Medical Marijuana in Detroit Airport Paul Marini | November 05, 2003 DETROIT – Talk show host Montel Williams was cited and fined $100 Monday night in the Detroit Metro Airport after baggage screeners found paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana related to his Multiple Sclerosis. Mr. Williams suffers from Multiple... Read more
Medical Marijuana Patients and Activists Ask California Senators for Help Paul Marini | October 16, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO – A coalition of medical marijuana patients, doctors and supporters have today launched a statewide ad campaign aimed at California’s two senators. Americans for Safe Access is asking Senators Boxer and Feinstein to add their names to new... Read more
Activists to Ask Arnold to Act on Medical Marijuana in Meeting with Bush Paul Marini | October 14, 2003 SANTA MONICA – Tomorrow morning at 10:00am, medical marijuana patients and their supporters will be at California Governor-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Santa Monica office. After a press conference out front, they will ask him to use his meeting with President Bush later... Read more
Supreme Court Upholds Medical Marijuana Rights Paul Marini | October 14, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected an attempt by the Bush Administration to punish physicians who talk with their patients about medical use of marijuana. The Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings that the First Amendment... Read more
Medical Marijuana Rights Clarified in Law Signed by Davis Paul Marini | October 13, 2003 SACRAMENTO – After seven years of legal limbo, the California legislature has acted to clarify and expand the rights of its citizens to obtain, possess and use marijuana for medical purposes, and Governor Gray Davis has now signed it into... Read more
Denied Any Defense, Medical Marijuana Suppliers Plead Guilty Paul Marini | September 24, 2003 LOS ANGELES – Arrested for growing marijuana for a West Hollywood medical marijuana dispensary that was a model of openness and cooperation with law enforcement, Judy Osburn, 50, one of the directors of the center, and her husband, Lynn, a... Read more
Recall Candidates Prepared to Fight Feds for Medical Cannabis Patients Paul Marini | September 23, 2003 The one issue all the major gubernatorial candidates in the California recall agree on is that marijuana should be legally available to those who are medically helped by it. When asked about medical marijuana in a televised debate, Arianna Huffington... Read more
Medical Marijuana Vigils, Rallies in Sacramento and Across the Nation Paul Marini | September 22, 2003 SACRAMENTO – A candlelight vigil tonight on the north steps of the California state capitol building in Sacramento commemorates the anniversary of the incarceration of Bryan Epis, who was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for helping patients in... Read more
Medical Marijuana Message On L.A. Newstands Now Paul Marini | September 18, 2003 Los Angeles – Americans for Safe Access has launched a campaign to educate Los Angelenos about U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s attacks on their medical rights. “Coming to a Courtroom Near You” reads the headline over an image of a... Read more