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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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Sign-up for Alerts

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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

Cannabis Cooking with Kim

Cannabis Cooking with Kim

Mar 9, 2012

Editors Note: Canna Chef Kim will be teaching cannabis cooking at the next SD ASA meeting on March 13th, 2012 from 7-9pm at the La Jolla Brew House. Stop by and check it out! Written by Canna Chef Kim, Executive Director of Mother Earth Co-op, Serving San Diego MMJ Patients Since 2005 Civilizations throughout the world have realized the benefits of cannabis...

Legal Seminar: Navigating Safe Access to Medical Marijuana through the California State and Federal Courts

Legal Seminar: Navigating Safe Access to Medical Marijuana through the California State and Federal Courts

Mar 8, 2012

Last year, California appellate courts ruled in Pack v. City of Long Beach and City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness Center, considerably altering the legal landscape of safe access to medical marijuana. In January, after urging from ASA and other groups, the California Supreme Court decided to review these harmful rulings,...

Imperial Beach Initiative Would Regulate Dispensaries and Repeal City’s Ban

By: Eugene Davidovich Medical marijuana advocates unveiled a proposed ballot measure this week for the City of Imperial Beach that would create zoning and operational standards for medical cannabis dispensing collectives and cooperatives. IMPERIAL BEACH, CA – Medical marijuana patients and advocates with San Diego Americans for Safe Access, a local chapter of...

Judge Cancels Oral Arguments in Case involving Briana Bilbray, Dispensaries Seeking Injunction to Stop Federal Crackdown

Judge Cancels Oral Arguments in Case involving Briana Bilbray, Dispensaries Seeking Injunction to Stop Federal Crackdown

Feb 29, 2012

By: Eugene Davidovich SAN DIEGO – In October of last year several U.S. Attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) held a press conference in Sacramento announcing a new Federal crackdown on medical marijuana patients and providers across California. Days after the announcement, hundreds of letters from the DOJ were sent to landlords renting commercial...