Feb 7, 2010

By: Eugene Davidovich Jovan Jackson of Answerdam Collective is a medical cannabis patient, navy veteran, and victim of two Operation Green Rx raids, part of District Attorney (DA) Bonnie Dumanis’ effort to overturn Proposition 215 and eradicate safe access to medical cannabis in San Diego. The first raid on Answerdam occurred in August of 2008, the second...

Part 1 of 2: Law Enforcement Encounters The California Supreme Court issued a unanimous published decision in People v. Kelly, striking down what it considered unconstitutional legislative limits on how much medical marijuana patients can possess and cultivate. The decision also affirms protection from arrest and prosecution for patients who both possess a...

By Larry Sweet The MMTF today considered the ramifications of the Kelly decision. It became clear that the local limits to possession and plants needed to be reviewed. A sub-committee was formed and four MMTF members will go over the current ordinances and bring back recommendations to the group in two weeks. The issue of auditing and sufficient declaration of...

Jan 31, 2010

February 2, 2010 – 6:00-9:00 p.m. Joyce Beers Community Center 3900 Vermont Street San Diego, CA 92103 On Tuesday February 2, 2010 the Uptown Community Planning Committee (CPC) will discuss the request by the city council of the planning group to review and comment on the medical marijuana task force recommendations. The Uptown CPC will vote on recommending...

By: Terrie Best Further to San Diego Americans for Safe Access (SDASA) ongoing efforts to reach out to County Alcohol and Drug Services in its oversight of HARM, the County contracted organization that year after year lobbies against safe access in San Diego, members of SDASA attended the Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board (ADAB) meeting to speak during public...

Jan 25, 2010

Nathan Archer needs your support, lets pack the courtroom! By: Eugene Davidovich January 26, 2010 – Department 12 San Diego Superior Court 220 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 As part of the ongoing war against medical marijuana in San Diego waged by the District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Nathan Archer was arrested in 2006 and charged with cultivation of 98...

The prosecutor in my case is Ms. Theresa Pham, a local Deputy District Attorney that seems to be reporting to and getting her marching orders directly from Bonnie Dumanis in this case. In fact several other Deputy DA’s are working for her on this case, including Romil Tohidi and a number graduate law clerks that have now been retained by th prosecution to...

By MMTF Member Larry Sweet Chief Solis and Captain McDonald attended and were the sole action item for the MMTF today. While both insisted that they followed the AG Guidelines, their interpretations were rather rigid. They objected to: 1. Anyone with a recommendation can join a collective making MMJ too available to non MMJ interests 2. Not enough clear...

Exemption from arrest and prosecution upheld for state-issued ID cardholders San Francisco, CA — The California Supreme Court issued a unanimous published decision today in People v. Kelly, striking down what it considered unconstitutional legislative limits on how much medical marijuana patients can possess and cultivate. Today’s decision also...

Jan 20, 2010

Tiffani Kjeldergaard a legitimate medical cannabis patient in January of 2009 was sentenced to probation on a non drug related offense. She continued to use her legal medication and tested positive for THC on drug tests conducted by the probation department until June of 2009, when the probation department decided to stop by her house for a safety check. As with...

September 9, 2009 – Operation Green Rx victim Sebastian Maselli receives order for Return of Property! Sebastian Maselli was a founding member of Healing Dragon Collective which was raided on September 9, 2009 part of Bonnie Dumanis’ effort to eradicate safe access to medical marijuana in San Diego County. He was arrested, property seized, and life...

Join us for the San Diego North County Americans for Safe Access Meeting at Movement in Action in Vista at 7pm!! WHERE: 1050 S. Santa Fe Vista ca 92084 WHEN: 7-9pm tonight January 15, 2010 WHY: Because San Diego Medical Marijuana Community / Safe Access is under attack by the fierce fight of Bonnie Dumanis! Come out, Get Involved, Make a difference! Eugene...

By: Rocky Neptun A seemingly dysfunctional San Diego City Council voted 7 to 1 on January 5, to stall many more months deciding the mere basics of regulating medical marijuana dispensaries by rejecting the modest recommendations of its own task force. The transparency of its motives in setting up the task force rather than having staff prepare ordinances, shows...

(CNN) — The New Jersey legislature voted Monday to make that state the 14th in the country to approve marijuana for medicinal use, pending the governor’s signature. Gov. Jon Corzine, who leaves office next week, has said he would sign the bill. Two years after the bill was introduced to the legislature, the New Jersey Compassionate Medical Marijuana...

The outcome of legal victories by Americans for Safe Access (ASA) could be seen again last week, when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William Sterling ruled that the California Highway Patrol (CHP) must return sixty pounds of medical cannabis confiscated during a traffic stop. ASA successfully sued the CHP to stop illegal confiscation of medical cannabis...