Mar 3, 2014

March 3, 2014 By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access Court Support Coordinator San Diego, CA – Well-know medical cannabis defense attorney, Michael J. McCabe and his client Alexander Ayres were in the Vista courthouse in San Diego County today to accept a plea deal and bring an end to the months-long ordeal for Ayres, a legal medical...

Jan 18, 2014

The Lincoln Club — a wealthy right-wing political group launched a racist attack ad depicting mayoral Candidate David Alvarez as a sinister and money-hungry gang member.

Jan 4, 2014

According to Lance Rogers, “this case has real legs and is a great vehicle to possibly change the current state of federal persecution of lawful cannabis patients and to establish a fundamental right to medical cannabis”.

Dec 16, 2013

Re-post from IB Patch Monday, December 16, 2013 – Imperial Beach resident Marcus Boyd, who helped author and champion Proposition S to change medical marijuana regulation in IB, intends to begin a new effort soon to allow a dispensary to open in IB, he told Patch. Boyd said he intends to speak at a city council meeting Wednesday to invite city officials...

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Nov 20, 2013

END THE WAR ON MEDICAL CANNABIS

When ASA is alerted by the community that a raid is progress, all ASA staff stop their work and turn their attention to the encounter and begin the following steps: Click Here to Report a...

Are you – or a patient you know of – being victimized by the fierce fight against local medical marijuana laws?  If so, we care – and we want to help.  Here’s our court calender in case you do too. Use the form below to provide us with details about the case – and we’ll contact you as soon as we review it. Your...

Nov 12, 2013

San Diego Medical Marijuana Patients Beware By: Eugene Davidovich, Chapter Coordinator, San Diego Americans for Safe Access The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) has re-launched a massive eradication effort against dispensaries, collective cultivation efforts, and medical marijuana patients. Those using cannabis with a doctor’s recommendation are not safe...

Nov 11, 2013

Join the San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access on Tuesday, November 12th from 7-9pm at Giovanni’s Restaurant located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92123 for the November monthly chapter meeting. At this months meeting we will be joined by candidate for San Diego County District Attorney Robert Brewer who will discuss his campaign and...

Nov 10, 2013

Tis the season for change. A couple of weeks ago ASA National, our parent organization, released this new website – and after many years of using Google Blogger the local ASA Advisory Board also made the decision a few months ago to upgrade our web presence to a more flexible platform. Going forward we expect to continue providing the most up-to-date...

Nov 7, 2013

Join the San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access on Tuesday, November 12th from 7-9pm at Giovanni’s Restaurant located at 9353 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92123 for the November monthly chapter meeting. At this months meeting we will be joined by candidate for San Diego County District Attorney Robert Brewer who will discuss his campaign and...

Nov 5, 2013

by Terrie Best Monday, November 4 – In the retrial of San Diego medical cannabis patient and provider Jovan Jackson, the jury on Monday returned guilty verdicts on charges of possession, possession for sale and sale of cannabis. This marks Jackson’s second conviction stemming from a 2009 raid that happened soon after he was acquitted of similar...

Nov 2, 2013

  By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access Court Support Coordinator Background: Jovan Jackson is a Navy veteran and a directing member of Answerdam, a  San Diego medical cannabis collective twice raided in previous years which resulted in two different criminal trials for Jovan. The first of Jovan’s trials stemmed from a raid in 2008 and...

Oct 27, 2013

San Diego CA – Opening statements have ended and the prosecutor has called two witnesses in Jovan Jackson’s third medical cannabis trial.  This, after a telling day and a half of jury selection where we heard at least six potential jurors stand up and say they would not convict on unjust drug laws, resulting in their dismissal from being considered as...