Pages tagged "Dispensaries"

Congress to AG Holder: Let States Implement Medical Marijuana Laws without Federal Interference

| June 23, 2011 |

          Congressional members Barney Frank (D-MA) and Jared Polis (D-CO) wrote to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder earlier this week urging him to re-avow his commitment to an October 2009 memorandum that de-emphasized federal enforcement regarding medical marijuana.The 2009 memo was...

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Tough year in Sacramento

| June 06, 2011 |

This is shaping up as a tough year for medical cannabis in Sacramento. California Senators failed to vote on a bill by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) that would have protected legal medical cannabis patients from employment discrimination. Americans for...

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Patient Advocates Urge AG Holder to Clarify Federal Medical Cannabis Policy

| June 06, 2011 |

Americans for Safe Access is mobilizing its base to seek specific clarification from Holder regarding the Ogden memo and the Department of Justice policy related to medical cannabis. Holder made comments at a press conference in Providence, Rhode Island on...

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First Permitted Medical Marijuana Coop to Open in San Diego County Unincorporated Area

| June 05, 2011 |

By: Eugene Davidovich Mother Earth’s Alternative Healing Cooperative Inc, the first medical marijuana dispensing center officially permitted by San Diego County and in full compliance with the County Ordinance adopted almost a year ago, will open its doors in July...

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AG Holder: DOJ is Working to “Clarify” Federal Position on Medical Marijuana

| June 02, 2011 |

        At a press conference earlier today in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was peppered with questions about medical marijuana. This is understandable, given that a month ago U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha sent a letter to Rhode Island...

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Vermont Joins List of States Licensing Safe Access to Medical Marijuana

| June 02, 2011 |

Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill today that would license multiple medical cannabis distribution facilities in Vermont. Patients and advocates wildly applauded the governor’s action for two main reasons: It recognizes the need for patients to have health care options,...

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Oppose SB 847 - Don't choke off safe access in CA!

| June 01, 2011 |

[caption id="attachment_1513" align="alignnone" width="247" caption="CA Senator Lou Correa"][/caption]UPDATE: The CA Senate approved SB 847 on June 1. Now we must work to stop the bill in the Assembly!The California Senate will vote soon on a bill that will make it...

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40,000 Signatures in Less than 30 Days; Referendum on City Council’s Medical Marijuana Ordinance Enters Signature Verification Process

| May 27, 2011 |

40,000 Signatures in Less than 30 Days; Referendum on City Council’s Medical Marijuana Ordinance Enters Signature Verification ProcessEugene Davidovich, May 26, 2011In April of this year, the San Diego City Council passed an ordinance that effectively denied safe access to...

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Bonnie Dumanis Continues War on Collective Cultivation in San Diego

| May 24, 2011 |

Benjamin Gasper Cultivation charges re-filed against legitimate medical marijuana patient after being previously dismissed in the same courthouse by different Judge. By: Terrie Best and Eugene Davidovich - San Diego Americans for Safe AccessSAN DIEGO – In the summer of...

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ASA on DOJ Pressure in the Huffington Post

| May 20, 2011 |

From ASA Executive Director Steph Sherer in today's Huffington Post -In February, Oakland City Attorney John Russo asked the Obama Justice Department whether his city's plan to regulate large-scale medical marijuana cultivation would get the approval of the federal government....

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