By: Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego CA – Hidden in the clouds of vapor in some reporter’s desk is a story whose magnitude was almost missed in the hubbub of the 2012 presidential election. On October 24th, 2012, the Fourth District Court of Appeals in San Diego overturned a medical marijuana dispensary operator’s...

Oct 16, 2012

Over the last few months we have seen safe access taken away from thousands of legitimate patients in San Diego through raids, arrests, and intimidation by our local City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy. The community however, has not sat back quietly and allowed this to happen. This November, there are four...

Appellate Court to Hear Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Thursday in San Diego Advocates fight to overturn a wrongful conviction and preserve the right to a medical marijuana defense San Diego, CA — Appellate court oral arguments are set to occur Thursday in a widely watched medical marijuana dispensary case that raises the question of what defines a...

By Terrie Best – San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego, CA – Over 60 senior citizens put the Edward Schwartz Federal Courthouse on its ear by forming a long line outside the building, donning green medical cannabis ribbons of support, and setting off metal detectors with their canes and walkers. Their mission: To support Ronnie Chang, Hal Pilotte...

Jun 11, 2012

June 2012 Monthly Chapter Meeting Tuesday, June 12 – 7pm – 9pm at the La Jolla Brew House WHAT: June San Diego ASA Meeting WHEN: 6/12/2012 – 7pm-9pm WHERE: La Jolla Brew House – 7536 Faye Ave San Diego CA The monthly chapter meeting is tomorrow night (Tuesday) at the Brew House in La Jolla from 7pm -9pm! Join patients, advocates,...

May 25, 2012

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Another devastating blow to San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ fierce fight against medical marijuana patients; Judge Parsky declared a mistrial after the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. SAN DIEGO – On May 16th, twelve jurors and two alternates were selected in the trial of DA Bonnie Dumanis...

May 17, 2012

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis presses on with trial of medical marijuana patient in full compliance with state law even after feds refuse to prosecute and court records show DEA’s involvement in theft of attorney-client records. Press conference scheduled for Friday morning. SAN DIEGO –...

By: Eugene Davidovich SAN DIEGO – On Thursday February 16th at noon, activists, patient advocates, and concerned citizens from all walks of life converged on federal courthouses in states and cities across the nation in a coordinated effort to voice their opposition to the continued federal and local assault against medical marijuana patients’...

Join us on February 14th, from 7-9pm for our monthly San Diego Americans for Safe Access chapter meeting at the La Jolla Brew House. This month we will be discussing the current state of safe access in the city, the latest news from across the State and Country as well as covering some of the current cases being prosecuted by San Diego District Attorney Bonnie...

Three Dispensaries Raided by DEA in San Diego By: Eugene Davidovich On Wednesday, January 11 at exactly 4:20pm in the afternoon, three legal medical marijuana dispensaries in the City of San Diego were raided by the cross jurisdictional narcotic task force (NTF) of San Diego County. The locations attacked include; California’s Best Meds on University Ave,...

Patient advocates take action against District Attorney and Mayor hopeful, Bonnie Dumanis’ fierce fight against patients’ rights to grow and use medical marijuana San Diego, CA – The San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access (SDASA) – the country’s largest grassroots medical marijuana advocacy group – urges its members to bear...

Court to decide on legality of “sales” & whether dispensary operators are entitled to a defense San Diego, CA — Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) today appealed the September 2010 conviction of San Diego dispensary operator Jovan Jackson in a case that has received widespread attention. The case...

Sep 9, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich The month of September has eternally been etched into memories of medical marijuana patients in San Diego. September 9th, marks the second anniversary of District Attorney (DA) Bonnie Dumanis’ Operation Green Rx raids; the largest one day swat style assault against medical marijuana access in San Diego County’s history. In the early...

Aug 22, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich It is no secret that medical marijuana patients in San Diego have been historically treated as second class citizens by our local elected officials. The County Board of Supervisors has done all it can to restrict access, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis continues to persecute patients, and Council members like Carl DeMaio, Marti Emerald,...

Aug 14, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access. August 14, 2011 Patients stand up in the face of threats, violence, and intimidation by Chula Vista Police Department during an illegal attempt to search Green Power medical marijuana collective in South San Diego. Chula Vista – On July 12, at 10:45pm the Chula Vista City Council adopted an outright...