Hailed as a huge, yet expected, win, David Rios, was found not guilty on all counts of marijuana possession and intent to sell, relating back to a police detention in 2008 where the medical cannabis found in his possession was for his collective. For some reason still unanswered, Los Angeles D.A. continued to pursue the [...]
We could finally see the beginning of the end of the ‘war on drugs’. This expensive war has completely failed to curb the plague of drug addiction, while costing countless lives, devastating communities, and funneling trillions of dollars into violent organized crime networks. Experts all agree that the most sensible policy is to regulate, but politicians [...]
Advocacy group unveils new program to build more skilled, responsive grassroots force By Americans for Safe Access Three medical marijuana bills were introduced today in Congress with support from patient advocates. The most significant of the three bills is one introduced by Congressman Frank (D-MA), which reclassifies marijuana from its current status as a dangerous drug [...]
Estimates 750,000 – 1,125,000 Patients Creating a Retail Medical Market of $1.5 – $4.5 Billion Per Year By CAL NORML California NORML estimates that there are now over 750,000 medical marijuana users in the state, or 2% of the population, according to the most recent data. At the high end, an estimate of over 1,125,000 [...]
When Americans for Safe Access began in 2002, most of the medical cannabis community was working on proving the therapeutic benefits of cannabis to their state legislators and highlighting the continued federal interference with state law. In California, the medical cannabis community was creating laws, policies, and regulations that formalized access programs. Since then, the [...]
GRAND, a website dedicated to today’s GRANDparents, and their GRANDkids, asked their readers to chime on on their thoughts about marijuana prohibition. Overwhelmingly, their body of evidence being grand experience, they voiced their opinions positively towards legalizing pot. According to their website, when asked the following: Is it time to legalize marijuana? GRAND Readers responded: [...]
As the United States celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders this month, the Civil Rights struggle carries on… By Sam Sabzehzar As DemocracyNow! reports “It was 50 years ago today, on May 4, 1961, when mixed groups of black and white students took two public buses from Washington, D.C., and intended to arrive [...]
SWAT Raid in Medical Marijuana State Opens Up Questions of Legitimacy of Drug Law Enforcement By Radley Balko | Published in HuffingtonPost On May 5 at around 9:30 a.m., several teams of Pima County, Ariz., police officers from at least four different police agencies armed with SWAT gear and an armored personnel carrier raided at [...]
“You can jail a revolutionary, but you cannot jail a revolution.” ~ Fred Hampton By Sam Sabzehzar In the People vs. David Rios, the jury seems to be tired of seeing the prosecution complain about the conduct in the courtroom. For one thing, Mr. Rios, who is a medical marijuana patient and provider, has a [...]
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