Aug 29, 2012

On November 6th, 2012 Imperial Beach voters will choose whether to allow criminalization of the most vulnerable citizens to continue through the city’s draconian ban on safe access to medical cannabis, or to protect sick and dying patients by repealing the ban and creating tough zoning and operational requirements as defined in Prop S. Local prohibitionists...

Aug 16, 2012

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) needs your help to get 100,000 of these great new posters up in “swing states” during this Presidential election season. We need to raise $12,000 to print the posters. Can you help by making a special donation today? The glossy 17 x 22 inch posters ask a pointed question: Can broken promises lose an election? That question...

By: Eugene Davidovich Background: On October 7, 2011, at a press conference in Sacramento, US Attorney Laura Duffy, along with several other US Attorneys, announced a statewide crackdown on medical cannabis cooperatives, collectives, gardens, and others. Without citing any specific violations in state law, Duffy’s office claimed all were out of compliance...

San Diego, CA – The San Diego chapter of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the nation’s largest medical cannabis advocacy group, working with LGBT activism group Canvass for a Cause and as part of the The Yes Men’s “Yes Labs” project, released a series of satirical press releases on Tuesday which indicated that U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy would begin...

Since the Obama Administration began taking a hard-line stance against medical cannabis access, patients, caregivers and the institutions that help them have been faced with increasing harassment from federal law enforcement. As the election approaches, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) and patients are fighting to have our perspective heard in the national...

Jul 26, 2012

By: Eugene Davidovich San Diego, CA — On Wednesday July 25 in the struggle for safe access, patients in San Diego scored a major, yet short-term victory. The most recent attempt by US Attorney Laura Duffy to shut down the sole Sheriff permitted medical marijuana co-operative was stalled when the co-op filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Around 1pm on...

Jul 24, 2012

Wednesday July 25th at 12pm at the San Diego Federal Court House on 880 Front St. the medical marijuana community will be rallying against the federal attacks on Proposition 215, SB420 and the will of California voters who overwhelmingly support safe access! After closing down over two hundred dispensaries in the City of San Diego, U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy has...

Jul 23, 2012

Join us, Wednesday July 25th – 12pm at the San Diego Federal Court House on 880 Front St. to rally against federal attacks on the Medical Cannabis Community! After closing down over 200 dispensaries throughout San Diego County, U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy has set her sights on Mother Earth’s Alternative Healing Cooperative the only Sheriff Permitted...

Medical marijuana patient, double lung transplant candidate, and San Diego Americans for Safe Access Board Member, Vey Linville discusses using marijuana to treat his severe emphysema and tells the truth about dispensaries in San Diego, the recent federal crackdown in California, and his efforts to protect patient’s rights in Imperial Beach. Interview by...

Jul 9, 2012

Director of cannabis research center says classification and political controversy are “obstacles to medical progress” San Diego, CA — Dr. Igor Grant, director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), and two other investigators published a study in the most recent issue of The Open Neurology Journal, which concluded that the...

Jun 21, 2012

A ballot initiative to repeal the Imperial Beach City’s ban on safe access to medical marijuana and replace it with reasonable regulations for qualified patients received approval from the County Registrar of Voters today and is headed for the July 18, Imperial Beach City Council meeting. The Safe Access Ordinance of Imperial Beach is the first ever initiative...

ACTION ALERT! AB 2312 (Ammiano) is important to medical cannabis patients in California, but 11th hour amendments in the Assembly increased the taxation on medicine and removed the original requirement for voter approval of a ban on patients’ cooperatives and collectives. Sign this petition to demand that the Author or the Senate remove these amendments or...

Jun 8, 2012

Fifteen percent of registered voters in Imperial Beach have signed the petition to overturn the city’s current ban on safe access to medical cannabis and replace it with reasonable regulations. The Safe Access Ordinance of Imperial Beach, a collaborative effort between Canvass for a Cause, a San Diego based LGBT non-profit, San Diego Americans for Safe Access,...

May 4, 2012

Imperial Beach, CA — Law enforcement and prohibitionist groups are continuing to spend thousands of dollars right here in San Diego County to craft and enforce unfair restrictions and bans on safe access to medical cannabis. These unconstitutional bans combined with the recent federal crackdown on patients’ rights have hurt those for whom the...

Apr 16, 2012

The Campaign for Safe Access in Imperial Beach is off to a great start. Over the last three weeks we have been able to make some amazing achievements in the realm of medical marijuana advocacy in San Diego! With the help of our partner Canvass for a Cause and our amazing ASA volunteers, throughout San Diego County over the last three weeks we have spoken about...