In The 2012 Election Marijuana Is A Big Issue For Many Voters Marijuana reform is the most important issue to me in this election. It was in the 2010 election and the 2008 election as well. Ever since I have been able to vote, marijuana reform has been the leading issue that determines where many of my votes go. I’m sure there will be many people out there that will try to point out that the economy is a huge issue, and/or that healthcare reform should be what’s driving my [Continue Reading]
PRESS CONFERENCE — 5/22/2012 — 12:30pm – Hall of Justice SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access, has arranged a press conference on behalf of the defense, in front of the Hall of Justice at 330 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 12:30PM. Last week on Wednesday, May 16th in Department 27 of San Diego Superior Court, before The Honorable Laura Parsky, a jury was selected and the trial began. Throughout the last week, the Prosecution presented its side [Continue Reading]
Plant cannabinoids possess analgesic and anti-cancer effects and ought to be assessed in patients with prostate cancer, according to a literature review published in the Indian Journal of Urology. A pair of investigators from Venezuela and the United States assessed the potential use of cannabis in the treatment of prostate cancer. They concluded: “Prostate cancer cells possess increased expression of both cannabinoid 1 and 2 receptors, and stimulation of these results in decrease in cell viability, increased apoptosis, and decreased androgen receptor expression and prostate-specific antigen excretion. … It is [Continue Reading]
By Monterey Bud The 420 community is gaining friends in “high” places. A current cancer patient and active Brooklyn New York Supreme Court Justice [Gustin Reichbach], has become the newest voice of common sense to be heard screaming from the abyss. Judge Reichbach thinks the only rational course of actions for the Federal government is the full and unequivocal support of states that have gone through the ballot box process to legalize medical marijuana. The Judge then goes on to mention that he prefers to smoke a few hits of [Continue Reading]
Senate To Vote Again On Medical Marijuana Measure – Three Additional Senate Votes Needed To Override Governor’s Expected Veto By a supermajority vote, members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives have once again approved Senate Bill 409, which allows for the limited use and cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes by qualified patients. On Wednesday, May 16, House members overwhelmingly re-approved SB 409 by a 228 to 91 vote after making minor amendments to the bill. House members had previously endorsed the measure in April in a 236 to [Continue Reading]
Idaho Has Some Of The Harshest Marijuana Laws In The Country If you are a marijuana consumer, and you can avoid Idaho, please do so at all costs. I was supposed to be there right now, but I was so worried about the reefer madness there that I went back across the Snake River and got the first hotel room I could find. On this side of the Snake River I’m a registered, protected medical marijuana patient. The two ounces I brought with me are 1/12th of the amount I’m [Continue Reading]
Press conference on Monday at Capitol, followed by lobby visits to each State Assembly & Senate office Californians to Regulate Medical Marijuana, a Political Action Committee formed in the fall of 2011 to push for passage of a statewide production and distribution system, is holding a “Unity Conference” this weekend, followed by a press conference and lobby day on Monday. Advocates will gather at the Sacramento Central Labor Council on Saturday and Sunday to build their skills and strategize on passing statewide regulations. Hundreds of advocates will then gather on [Continue Reading]
More Problems at DEA: Agent Implicated in Theft of Attorney Client Records in State Medical Marijuana Trial By Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Americans for Safe Access Twelve jurors and two alternates were selected on Wednesday in Department 27 of San Diego Superior Court, officially starting the criminal trial of District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis v. Dexter Padilla a navy veteran, medical marijuana patient and president of Therapeutic Healing, a San Diego based non profit medical marijuana coop. According to court records, it all started on June 17, 2010 when DEA agent [Continue Reading]
Help Keep Safe Access In Kent, Washington A Kent, WA committee has recently voted to ban all safe access points to medical cannabis within city limits. The full council will vote to finalize this on June 5th. Let your voice be heard, and let them know about you feel about this; e-mail councilmembers@kentwa.gov. This is yet another sign that while the American public understands the benefits of cannabis more than ever, our elected officials continue to ignore basic human compassion. This ban also ignores intelligent reasoning. For example; medical cannabis [Continue Reading]
All Political Parties Need To Be Aware That The Marijuana Community Is A Force Ellen Rosenblum’s victory yesterday in the Oregon Democratic Primary will go down in history as a major turning point in marijuana reform. Ellen Rosenblum ran on a pro-marijuana platform and won convincingly. Dwight Holton and the ignorant media outlets that endorsed him are already trying to spin his loss into a ‘drug reformers bought this election’ story. To show how warrant-less such a claim is, look at how much money each candidate raised. Drug reformers didn’t [Continue Reading]
