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Your ASA membership shows your support for our mission to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis (marijuana)...

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ASA Legal

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This section provides patients, attorneys, and pro se defendants with legal resources. Lawyer Directory Below you will find a...

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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...

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Report a Case

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Are you – or a patient you know of – being victimized by the fierce fight against local medical marijuana laws?  If so, we...

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Recent Posts

Proposed Medical Marijuana Ordinance Released – Item Officially Docketed

Proposed Medical Marijuana Ordinance Released – Item Officially Docketed

Apr 18, 2013

The San Diego City Council has officially docketed Mayor Filner’s proposed medical marijuana ordinance for April 22 — here is the proposed ordinance and all the UPDATED supporting documentation released this week including memos from Councilmember Marti Emerald and Council President Todd Gloria:...

San Diego City Council Vote on Medical Marijuana Regulations

San Diego City Council Vote on Medical Marijuana Regulations

Apr 11, 2013

 

National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Apr 10, 2013

Today is the first-ever National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day! Basic research has also demonstrated that derivatives of the cannabis plant hold promise for for slowing the progression of HIV/AIDS as well as treat nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety. Share and Like to show your support for Safe...

Judge Says From Bench He Believes Seriously Ill Medical Marijuana Patients Were Not Selling Their Medical Marijuana but Binds Them Over for Trial Anyway

Judge Says From Bench He Believes Seriously Ill Medical Marijuana Patients Were Not Selling Their Medical Marijuana but Binds Them Over for Trial Anyway

Mar 29, 2013

By Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Court Support Coordinator San Diego, CA – Dennis and Deborah Little are a retired couple in their mid-sixties who decided to obtain doctor recommendations to grow and use their own medical cannabis to fight symptoms of arthritis, neuropathy, cancer and AIDS. But, in the fall of 2012, San Diego Sheriff’s...