Nov 8, 2014

November 8, 2014 By Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Babbette Kurtz, a resident of northern California got a taste of border town, USA when she, a state legal cannabis patient, was stopped and arrested while her Jeep, medical cannabis and possessions were confiscated at a US Border Patrol checkpoint in San Diego County.  The stop happened in...

Nov 6, 2014

The Alliance for Responsible Medicinal Access has announced the Honorable Jan Goldsmith, San Diego City Attorney, as the keynote speaker for the 1st Annual Responsible Access Awards Gala! ARMA invites San Diego ASA – and all stakeholders – to join them on Friday, December 5th, at Tango del Rey, in celebrating a historical first year and learn what...

Oct 4, 2014

October 4, 2014 By Terrie Best – San Diego Chapter – Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – If the California Narcotic Officers’ Association didn’t break your heart as a cannabis patient with their discovered and widely circulated “Marijuana is NOT Medicine” Training Manual, a new article found in their Summer 2014 Newsletter will surly...

Oct 3, 2014

SAN DIEGO, CA – On Wednesday October 1st – in a move that is sure to stifle access to medical cannabis for the city’s sick and dying patients – the San Diego City Council’s Public Safety Committee instructed the city staff and the city attorney to shutter all unlicensed dispensaries through civil – and criminal –...

Jun 27, 2014

Dear Friends and Members of San Diego Americans for Safe Access, It is with pride and gratitude that I introduce our new steering committee members. As many of you know, Eugene Davidovich who has selflessly led this chapter since 2009, decided not to run for chair of the San Diego ASA steering committee this year. His Chair position, along with the other...

Jun 1, 2014

I can’t keep myself from congratulating the staff at Americans for Safe Access … for all of their work to help make this happen. […] ASA is the one organization dedicated to medical marijuana issues exclusively–[…]–and the vote is a huge win for ASA’s constituency and its staff.

May 30, 2014

San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launches NotDumanis.com website to draw public attention to District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ fierce fight against medical marijuana patients as well as her many other failures in office. SAN DIEGO, CA – In her service as San Diego County District Attorney, Bonnie Dumanis has undermined the most...

May 28, 2014

San Diego, CA – In an on-going campaign to open dialog in San Diego communities about medical marijuana consumer cooperatives (MMCCs), patients, advocates and MMCC permit applicants have been attending Community Planning Groups (CPGs), arguably the first stop on what will be a months long process to safe access of medical cannabis in the city of San Diego...

May 19, 2014

Recently San Diego Americans for Safe Access received communications from dismayed patients wondering why the Medical Marijuana Consumer Cooperative Ordinance just passed by San Diego City Council in March was so restrictive that there would be no safe access to medical cannabis in their neighborhoods. Many declared it a ban and hearts were broken. In the...

Mar 11, 2014

In response to grassroots pressure from ASA members like you, a California Assembly committee quickly rejected a bill this morning that would have made it harder to open legal medical cannabis associations in the state. The Assembly Public Safety Committee rejected AB 1588 by Assembly Member Connie Conway (R-Visalia), which would have increased the minimum...

Mar 6, 2014

The California Assembly Committee on Public Safety will hear testimony on AB 1588, a bill authored by Assembly Member Connie Conway (R- Visalia), on Tuesday, March 11. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) would like to ask members and allies to speak up in opposition to this bill at or before Tuesday’s hearing.Please take a minute to call or email the Assembly...

Mar 4, 2014

SAN DIEGO, CA – This Thursday at 6 p.m., the Alliance for Responsible Medicinal Access (ARMA) invites ASA supporters to find out the latest information on the permitting process, timing and proposed implementation of the new ordinance for cooperatives in the city of San Diego. ARMA’s government-affairs strategist will provide a briefing on the...

Jan 26, 2014

A Celebration of 18 Years of Safe Access in California. The San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access brings you the City’s premier Prop 215 Party on Saturday, February 15th! Join us for a jammin’ night of live Music, Food, Raffles, Prizes and Safe Access. ••• We are excited to announce “C-Money”, trumpeter of Slightly Stoopid,...

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”.