Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines
This post was written by Rick Doblin, Ph.D, who is a member of ASA’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Board and who founded and leads M.A.P.S., the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a nonprofit that since 1986 has assisted scientists in designing, funding, obtaining approval for and reporting on studies into [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines
1. DEA Raids 4 L.A. Dispensing Collectives, Spark Community Uproar; White House Response
DEA carried out four simultaneous “smash and grab” raids on medical cannabis dispensing collectives in Los Angeles this week (Beach Center Collective, Venice Alternative Healing, Marina Caregivers, and Alternative Caregivers Discount Collective). It was the second time that [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines
Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) sent a letter to newly appointed Attorney General Eric Holder today asking the Department of Justice and the Office of the US Attorney to “immediately suspend any and all enforcement actions against said property owners in California who lease property to medical cannabis dispensing collectives in [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines
The San Diego Union-Tribune published opposing op-eds yesterday, one from Alex Kreit, an assistant professor and director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, and another from Ralph W. Partridge, the special agent in charge of the San Diego [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines
More than 100 protesters gathered in at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles today to call for leniency in the March 23 sentencing of Charles C. Lynch, who was convicted in August of operating a medical cannabis facility in Morro Bay. The protesters called on Judge Wu to keep [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines
I wish everyone were here to see it.
As many of you know by now, on Wednesday U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters at a press conference, while standing next to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart that ending federal raids on medical cannabis dispensaries “is now American policy.” [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by ASA's Medical Cannabis Feed
For the second time under President Obama’s watch, Bush’s leftover agents in the DEA raided four medical cannabis dispensaries in L.A. We need you to act NOW! [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by ASA's Medical Cannabis Feed
Calif. County Sued over Medical Marijuana IDs; ASA to Hold Obama Administration Accountable; ASA Ambassador Program Finds [...]
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