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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

Patient Advocates File Brief in Support of Federal Appeal by Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator

Patient Advocates File Brief in Support of Federal Appeal by Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator

Jul 10, 2012

Widely supported former dispensary operator appeals conviction to 9th Circuit amidst ongoing federal crackdown San Francisco, CA — Medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed an amicus ‘friend of the court’ brief yesterday in a federal appeal brought by California dispensary operator Charlie C. Lynch. Lynch’s...

New Study: Leading U.S. Medical Marijuana Researcher Says Current Federal Classification “Not Tenable”

New Study: Leading U.S. Medical Marijuana Researcher Says Current Federal Classification “Not Tenable”

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...

San Diego ASA Meeting Tuesday July 10

San Diego ASA Meeting Tuesday July 10

Jul 8, 2012

Our July 2012 chapter meeting is coming up this Tuesday, July 10 from 7-9pm at the La Jolla Brew House Restaurant located at 7536 Fay Ave, La Jolla 92037 This month we have a very exciting meeting planned and need everyone to come out and participate! Aside from discussing latest national and local news, this month we will be holding chapter elections, ramping...

California Court of Appeal Affirms Legality of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Rejects Municipal Bans

California Court of Appeal Affirms Legality of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Rejects Municipal Bans

Jul 8, 2012

City of Los Angeles will soon vote on whether to enact an outright ban similar to the County ban just rejected Los Angeles, CA — The Second District Court of Appeal in California issued a landmark decision yesterday in County of Los Angeles v. Alternative Medicinal Cannabis Collective (AMCC), which affirmed the legality of medical marijuana dispensaries...