ASA’s Summary of Medical Marijuana Media

Cannabis 
Herban Legend, 18300 Old Coast Hway # 3, Fort Bragg 707-961-0113 M-Sa 11am-6pm

Mendo Remedies, 42400 Highway 101, Laytonville. 707-984-7101

Caregiver Compassion Center Santa Rosa 4349 Mongtomery # D 707-537-7303 (waiting list Limited membership

North bay Wellness Coop 3386 Santa Rosa Ave. Santa Rosa Open 10-6:45 M-F 10-4:45 Sat www.norbaywell.com 

Sonoma Alliance for Med MJ 707-522-0292 Advocacy & Education (Does not distribute

Sonoma Co. (Guerneville) Marvin's Gardens 707-869-1291 

Sonoma CoCompassionate Services Delivery 707-972-7818

Lake Co Holistic Solutions, 14240 Lakeshore Dr. Clearlake 707-995-9000 Open 11-7 M-Sat

Lake Co D & M Compassion Center 15196 Lakeshore Blvd, Clearlake 707-994-1320

Lake Co Alternative Caregiver Clinic, Clearlake Oaks 707-998-0358 lacc@mchsi.com

NorCal Medical Cannabis Coop (Delivery Service) Redding/Anderson 530-262-0323 marketme77@yahoo.com

Ukiah Compassionate Caregivers 707-462-0691 (info only) 

Ukiah Hemp Plus Ministeries 892 N. State St. 707-468-1478

Northbay Wellness Group 3386 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Rosa, 95502 www.norbaywell.com Donna MF 10-6;45 Sat 10-4:45

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ASA ACTION: New Report Shows Dispensary Benefits

ASA has a new report showing why medical marijuana dispensaries are a benefit to both patients and local communities.  The 23-page report, released at a press conference in San Diego on Thursday, is being distributed to officials as part of the annual League of California Cities convention. It details the impact of regulatory ordinances in cities around the state, based on information collected over nine months from local officials, and the benefits for patients, as described in recent work by a University of California researcher. In addition to the articles below, San Diego TV stations covered the press conference, as did KQED, the San Francisco NPR affiliate. The report is available at http://www.safeaccessnow.org/downloads/dispensaries.pdf .

Medical pot dispensaries promoted
by Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union Tribune
Some of California's leading medical marijuana activists released a new report yesterday touting dispensaries as a benefit to both patients and the communities in which they operate.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3677

Pot dispensaries good for cities, too, group says
by Gig Conaughton, North County Times
A handful of Northern California city leaders and a medical marijuana advocacy group held a press conference Thursday in San Diego to say cities and counties would benefit by creating dispensaries where patients could get their legal pot.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3678

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SAN DIEGO: Dispensary Closures Creating Political Pressure

With the San Diego City Council returning from summer break on Tuesday, patients and activists there are applying pressure on their representatives to take action on a regulatory ordinance and allow the reopening of the closed dispensaries. All dispensaries in the area were closed in a coordinated action between local law enforcement and federal agents, creating a crisis of access for patients.

San Diego's tensions are high over medical marijuana
by Kenny Goldberg, KPBS - National Public Radio
Medical marijuana is legal in California, but some say you wouldn't know it in San Diego County. The Board of Supervisors is suing the state to overturn California's medical marijuana law. And the district attorney's office has worked with the DEA to close down all of the region's marijuana dispensaries.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3681

Medi-pot support in San Diego?
by Kelly Davis, San Diego City Beat

In a medical-marijuana averse county, San Diego has been a trailblazer, convening a medical-marijuana task force in 2001 and establishing citywide medical-marijuana guidelines in 2003—and now a member of the City Council wants the city to formally oppose the county Board of Supervisors’ refusal to implement a state law that says counties must provide identification cards for anyone with a valid doctor’s recommendation to use marijuana.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3682

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FEDERAL: Agent’s Attempt to Defraud Dispensary Backfires

According to witness accounts, an armed undercover agent attempted to bully and then push his way past security at an LA dispensary, insisting he be sold cannabis without a doctor’s recommendation. In the process, the security guard reportedly noticed the agent’s gun and stopped him, prompting the agent to call for help. DEA reports characterized the situation as the “rescue” of their agent.

Undercover DEA Agent Mistaken For Robber
KCAL-TV CBS News
An undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent was blocked from leaving a marijuana facility because he had a gun and employees thought he was a robber, medical marijuana advocates said Saturday.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3679

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CALIFORNIA: Cops Stop, Seize Dispensary Delivery

A SF Bay Area dispensary was shut down after police stopped a delivery truck in route to the location, arrested the driver and seized the medicine for that and two other dispensaries. State law is clear that seized medical cannabis must be returned to its rightful owner, but police are resisting. ASA’s return of property campaign has helped many California patients reclaim their property, and the state highway patrol has even adopted new policies, but such seizures are more than an inconvenience for patients; in this case, it means loss of access for hundreds of patients and potentially economic ruin for the dispensary operator.

Pot club owner unable to retrieve seized items
by Tom Lochner, Contra Costa Times
The owner of a cannabis club and his deliveryman have struck out at Richmond police headquarters trying to retrieve confiscated property: the club owner's 27 pounds of marijuana and the driver's personal effects, which include more than $23,000 in cash he called his life's savings.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3680

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OPED: Prohibition Costs Friend’s Life

More than ten years ago, before any state had made medical cannabis legal, a Harvard study found that nearly half of all oncologists were recommending cannabis to their patients to deal with the effects of chemotherapy. In this case, a columnist reflects on why a friend failed to follow that advice, stopped treatment, and died.

Noble truths of marijuana
by Mary Beth Hislop, Column, Spartan Daily
My friend Barbara's doctor recommended marijuana based on medical information. I cannot understand any reasoning that supports that it was OK for Barbara to take synthetically manufactured drugs to relieve her nausea, which are illegal if obtained without a prescription, but it was unconscionable for her to consider a remedy organically grown on God's green earth.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3683