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Maine voters come through again! YES 59% 330,490 NO 41% 232,790. The new and improved law will add to debilitating medical conditions and allow for a volunteer patient ID system with permission for non-profit state regulated dispensaries.
This is so great for us patients here in Maine. Also it changes that a visiting qualified patient can access and have protection in Maine also.
stay tuned! http://www.asamaine.org
Maine Medical Marijuana Resource Center (MRC) a portland area ASA Maine ambassador www.asamaine.org
290 Cumberland Street #5 Westbrook, Maine 04092 (207) 854-9272 charleswynott@yahoo.com
Defending Maine Patients rights to Medical Marijuana with compassion
Oakland, Ca-- University of Cannabis is presenting a free online grow class with enrollment limited to 30 seats. This is a rehearsal class for Marijuana Horticulture 001 and is meant for beginners. November 5th Free Grow Class
A spokesperson for California Attorney General Jerry Brown told the New York Times that the nonprofit sales of medical cannabis in storefront patients’ collectives are legal. The Attorney General is speaking up in response to a growing controversy about how to regulate hundreds of collectives and cooperatives in Los Angeles. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich told City Councilmembers in September that storefront collectives and nonprofit sales of cannabis are illegal, despite guidelines issued by the Attorney General last year that indicate otherwise.
The stakes in the debate in Los Angeles are high. Lawmakers in Sacramento, Long Beach, San Diego, and dozens of smaller cities are looking to see how the state’s largest city resolves the issue, which has pitted regulation-minded City Councilmembers against and intransigent City Attorney’s office for over two years. If Trutanich is successful in rolling back safe access in Los Angeles, patients and advocates in other cities can expect to see medical cannabis opponents adopt the same strategy in their hometowns.
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is pushing back in Los Angels. We have been working City Councilmembers, the City Attorney’s office, and city staff to develop and implement sensible regulations for patients’ associations since 2005. We have also galvanized a grassroots base here that can fill City Council chambers, interface with neighborhood groups, or respond with peaceful protests if necessary. The significance of that grassroots presence must not be underestimated. Without it, opponents might have swept away safe and legal access to medical cannabis in Los Angels years ago.
District Attorney Cooley and City Attorney Trutanich would do well to listen to what the Attorney General Brown (and the California courts) have to say. They should drop their adversarial posture and embrace regulations like those already in place in cities and counties statewide – including Los Angels County. Research by ASA shows that regulations reduce crime and complaints around collectives. That is exactly what the City Council and other Angelinos want… And that is what patients need.
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Reconciling Medical Pot Use and Legalization
More than 500 devotees of the cannabis plant attended the 38th annual NORML convention at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco September 24-26. The crowd was not only larger than in previous years, but people seemed to be listening more intently to the speakers, less apt to gab outside the auditorium. NORML's goals have been remote and vague for decades; now they seem attainable and in need of definition.
Local media coverage centered on the "Regulate, Control, and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010" that is likely to be on the California ballot in November 2010. If approved by the voters, it would allow adults over 21 to cultivate, possess, and share up to an ounce. Distribution would be regulated and taxed by local governments.... Read More...
Jack's awake and out of ICU. He's not talking yet or moving around much. He starts physical therapy on Monday. I just want to thank everyone so much for all the prayers and good wishes. They really seem to be working. Progress will probably be slow so please keep it up.
I will try to keep everyone up-to-date on Jack's condition. I've been really busy with Jack and don't have my computer with me and haven't figured out how to update his website (www.jackherer.com) on the loaner computer yet.
People have been asking if there is a way to donate money to help Jack. An account has been set up at the U.S. Bank at:
Emanuel Hospital Office
220 N Stanton
Portland, OR 97227
(503) 275-7280
Just tell them you would like to donate to Jack Herer.
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The Madera County Board of Supervisors are going to try to pass an emergency ordinance to ban dispensaries. I have yet to see any news stories on this. I am sure some news organization somewhere must have reported on this. I spoke with 3 dispensary owners yesterday. The owners are asking for the publics help to stay open.
The Madera Board of Supervisors will be meeting at 9:00am on Tuesday September 22. We need people to be there to show support.
200 W. Fourth Street, Madera CA.
We encourage people that can't be there to E-mail the Madera County Board of Supervisors.
There is an e-mail link on the website below. Your help is very much appreciated!
Officials have not said how many dispensaries were raided on Wednesday.
Teams of law enforcement officials targeted multiple medical marijuana dispensaries around San Diego County on Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the multi-agency operation were tight-lipped about the raids, but at least three dispensaries were involved, including one on University Avenue in Hillcrest. Employees and volunteers at the dispensary said officers came in and arrested at least four people.
Another raid took place at Nature's in the Linda Vista area. At that raid, witnesses said they saw officers draw their guns and use a ramming tool to break down one of the doors on the property. Several officers stayed for more than two hours, questioning people, handcuffing a few as well. One woman said she was handcuffed when she walked in to pick up her prescription.
"I definitely feel violated, and I feel like I've been harassed, and I feel like we have rights to use herbal medicine," said Stacey Gant, a medical marijuana patient. "I do have a legal card, and I don't think I should be harassed so."
Police said the raids were part of an operation headed up by the district attorney's office. For their part, officials in the DA's office would only say Wednesday's events were parts of an ongoing operation and that they will be releasing information Thursday.
California Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Resolution
Lawmakers Urge New Federal Policy on Research and Enforcement
The California Senate this month approved a resolution that calls for big changes in federal policy on medical marijuana. The resolution, which is sponsored by ASA, urges federal lawmakers to both end federal interference in state medical cannabis laws and establish a comprehensive national plan to provide safe access for all patients.
The state Senate's 23-15 vote on the non-binding resolution comes in the wake of recent federal enforcement activity in the state, including multiple raids and the arrests of five individuals. Senate Joint Resolution 14 was introduced in June by State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). If the state Assembly passes it, the resolution will be sent to the White House and Congress.
The Obama Administration has promised to end interference in state medical marijuana programs, and the President has signed a memorandum that says government policies should be based on sound science. But numerous federal raids since January have California lawmakers concerned.
"Patients and providers in California remain at risk of arrest and prosecution by federal law enforcement and legally established medical marijuana cooperatives continue to be the subjects of federal raids," said Sen. Leno in a statement on the resolution.
Federal agents were involved in at least three raids on medical marijuana dispensaries last month, including two in California and one in Colorado, as well as a raid on a rural marijuana garden in California. These follow at least a half-dozen other federal actions that have occurred since President Obama took office.
"Federal interference in state medical marijuana laws is unnecessary, unwelcome, and harmful," said Don Duncan, ASA's California Director. "Patients will benefit from a national policy that protects safe access; law enforcement will benefit from clearer federal guidelines; and taxpayers will benefit from better use of federal resources."
SJR 14 urges President Obama and Congress to "move quickly to end federal raids, intimidation, and interference with state medical marijuana law." It also asks them to establish "an affirmative defense to medical marijuana charges in federal court and establish federal legal protection for individuals authorized by state and local law."
Currently, federal medical marijuana defendants are prevented from using any defense that involves medical necessity or their compliance with state law.
"More than two dozen medical marijuana defendants are currently being prosecuted on federal charges," said Duncan. "A change in federal policy can keep these people from serving many years in prison."
The resolution also addresses the need to expand research into the medical benefits of cannabis, a primary recommendation of the 1999 Institute of Medicine report, which was commissioned by the White House.
LOS ANGELES - Federal and local agents are raiding at least two marijuana dispensaries.
Officials say more than 20 people from various agencies served a state search warrant at around 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Organica Collective in Marina del Rey.
The raid occurred at facilities on Washington Boulevard in Culver City and on Overland Avenue in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles police, the FBI and DEA were still searching the distribution center three hours later.
DEA spokesman Jose Martinez says agents also served the warrant at the Overland Gardens Collective in West Los Angeles.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Torrance Police Department and Culver City Police Department took part in the raids.
Authorities will not say what investigators are searching for at either location.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says a residence also was named in the warrant.
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The California Senate this month approved a resolution that calls for big changes in federal policy on medical marijuana. The resolution, which is sponsored by ASA, urges federal lawmakers to both end federal interference in state medical cannabis laws and establish a comprehensive national plan to provide safe access for all patients. 
