Not All Students Will Start School This Week Paul Marini | August 28, 2002 WASHINGTON, DC - According to new Department of Education data, over 30,000 college students have been denied federal loans and grants for the 2002-2003 school year due to the 1998 Higher Education Act drug provision. Since the HEA drug provision... Read more
HOLLYWOOD BRIEFING BY DEA CHIEF DRAWS PROTESTS Paul Marini | July 09, 2002 CA, STATEWIDE—The last time Asa Hutchinson visited California, the DEA raided two San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries, seizing property and arresting four prominent activists including nationally renowned author Ed Rosenthal. Tomorrow, Hutchinson returns to the state to brief Hollywood’s top... Read more
DEA Raids on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will be Met With New Nationwide Protests Paul Marini | June 13, 2002 SAN FRANSISCO – Last week thousands of people who organized under the banner Americans For Safe Access (ASA) disrupted business-as-usual at 50 regional outposts of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. The protests were... Read more
Ohio Protest to Stop the DEAs Expanding War on Medical Marijuana and Patients! Paul Marini | June 04, 2002 June 6th has been declared as a day for a nation-wide action by a coalition of dozens of marijuana reform groups all across the United States. The nation-wide day of action has been called because of the recent raids of... Read more
PATIENTS PUSH BACK AFTER DEA RAIDS IN SANTA ROSA Paul Marini | June 01, 2002 NATIONWIDE – Under the banner “Americans For Safe Access”, activists in 55 cities nationwide will attempt to disrupt business-as-usual on June 6th at local outposts of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Patients and their supporters vowed to ratchet up the... Read more
Wichita Direct Action Paul Marini | May 28, 2002 News Release May 28, 2002 From: Hemp Industries of Kansas (316) 681 1743 http://www.HempForUS.com A Coalition of marijuana and drug policy reform organizations are joining forces to launch a national day of direct action again the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)... Read more
Bush Administration Medical Marijuana Policy Not Compassionate Paul Marini | May 21, 2002 BERKELEY, CA – A summary judgment last week stated that California medical marijuana dispensaries have no Federal constitutional right to distribute the drug to seriously ill people. The decision is the latest in an accelerating crack down by the Bush... Read more
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Hangs Massive Banner Defending Medical Marijuana Against Bush Administration Attacks Paul Marini | April 17, 2002 San Francisco – Americans for Safe Access today announced its hanging of a 1200 square foot banner on an empty billboard in San Francisco at Ninth and Brannan Streets. The banner reads, “Ashcroft: No War on Patients! Californians Say YES... Read more