Tag: california

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May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
San Diego Rally Against Federal Interference: May 6th

San Diego Rally Against Federal Interference: May 6th

Join patients, medical professionals, lawyers, advocates, and concerned citizens for a rally at the San Diego Federal Courthouse on Monday, May 6th at 12pm (Noon), against the...
May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
Book Review: It Takes Balls by Josh Wolf

Book Review: It Takes Balls by Josh Wolf

It Takes Balls, by Josh Wolf is damn funny. And, while it may seem like an odd book review for a weedist, I beg to differ. Josh...
By: Anna Diaz
May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
San Francisco Dispensaries Targeted by DEA

San Francisco Dispensaries Targeted by DEA

DEA agent David White requested the records of seven San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries last September. At least one of those dispensaries is now being targeted by...
May 3, 2013
05/03/2013
California Medical Cannabis Policy Summit: Why I’m Attending

California Medical Cannabis Policy Summit: Why I’m Attending

I am so excited to be attending the ASA California Medical Cannabis Policy Summit and Lobby Day this weekend. The event last year was absolutely brilliant. Steph and the...
May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.01)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.01)

Lots of action in California this past week, including more raids and more threat letters, plus action in various state legislatures. Let’s get to it: California Last...
May 1, 2013
05/01/2013
Dispensary Press Conference: One on One Patients Association

Dispensary Press Conference: One on One Patients Association

Last week, the Narcotic Task Force headed by the DEA conducted a raid on ‘One on One Patients Association’, a legal medical marijuana dispensary in Downtown San Diego....
April 30, 2013
04/30/2013
Smokies Toke Couture: Cannabis Accessories for Women

Smokies Toke Couture: Cannabis Accessories for Women

Smokies Toke Couture was founded in 2012 by artist Pilar Erika Johnson. She was looking for cannabis accessories and found that there was not much selection. Johnson...
By: Anna Diaz
April 26, 2013
04/26/2013
Hemp: Unlimited Fuel for the Green Rush

Hemp: Unlimited Fuel for the Green Rush

Hemp Potential The industry is stunted by federal regulations which outlaw commercial hemp production. In 2011 the total sales of hemp food and beauty care products exceeded...
By: Mercedys
April 25, 2013
04/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.24)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.24)

The first dispensary in Phoenix has opened, dispensaries in Washington, DC, are ready to go, and there has been more federal enforcement activity in California. Let’s get...
April 24, 2013
04/24/2013
The Push Is on for PTSD and Medical Marijuana

The Push Is on for PTSD and Medical Marijuana

Access to medical marijuana continues to expand as more and more states embrace the healing power of the herb. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of...
April 24, 2013
04/24/2013
California SB 289 Means Trouble for Legal Patients

California SB 289 Means Trouble for Legal Patients

California Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) has proposed a bill that would turn most of the state’s legal medical cannabis patients into criminals. SB 289 will make it a...
April 24, 2013
04/24/2013
San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Raided by Feds

San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Raided by Feds

One on One Patient Association was shut down yesterday by the US Attorney’s office. The medical marijuana dispensary was being shut down as San Diego’s City Council...
April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Psychedelic Science Conference Examines MDMA Treatment for PTSD

Psychedelic Science Conference Examines MDMA Treatment for PTSD

At the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Psychedelic Science 2013 conference in Oakland this weekend there were mind-boggling displays of psychedelic art; tables full of books on LSD, MDMA, peyote,...
April 18, 2013
04/18/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.17)

More DEA raids in Los Angeles, federal prison bureaucrats ignore a Michigan medical marijuana prisoner’s medical needs, and there is lots of action in state legislatures. Let’s...
April 17, 2013
04/17/2013
Medical Marijuana Farmers Market Open in California

Medical Marijuana Farmers Market Open in California

In Santa Rosa, California, the Organicann Harvest Market provides locally grown medical marijuana to qualifying patients. Medical marijuana farmers’ markets have also been tried in Phoenix, Tacoma...
April 16, 2013
04/16/2013
Medical Cannabis Seminar Videos – Law, Science, and Advocacy

Medical Cannabis Seminar Videos – Law, Science, and Advocacy

Did you miss the one day San Diego ASA seminar; Medical Cannabis: Law, Science, and Advocacy? Watch the entire seminar including videos of all the presentations here:...
April 15, 2013
04/15/2013
California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Calls for Legalizing Marijuana

California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Calls for Legalizing Marijuana

At the California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento Saturday, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom called for marijuana legalization and described the war on drugs as “an abject failure.”...
April 12, 2013
04/12/2013
Mendocino County Hands Medical Marijuana Records to Feds

Mendocino County Hands Medical Marijuana Records to Feds

After months of postponing a fight between Mendocino County and the US Attorney’s Office, an agreement has been reached. Mendocino County agreed to hand over medical marijuana...
April 12, 2013
04/12/2013
San Diego City Council Vote on Medical Marijuana Regulations

San Diego City Council Vote on Medical Marijuana Regulations

This past January, newly-elected Mayor Bob Filner, announced plans to stop the crackdown on medical marijuana in San Diego. Mayor Filner began working on a proposal to...
April 11, 2013
04/11/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.10)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.10)

Rhode Island is set to see its first dispensary open next, Mendocino County faces down the feds, and more news from around the country. Let’s get to...