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| Volume 2, June 1, Summer 2010 Archives
| Volume 1, March 15, Spring 2010 
| Volume 2, Number 4, Winter 2010 Press Run 127,000 copies printed Click to read PDF 
| Volume 2 Number 3, Autumn 2009 • 122,000 copies Three Voter Initiatives Filed fopr California 2010 Ballot Read as PDF • Read as HTML 
| Volume 2 No. 2, Summer 2009 • 115,000 copies US Supreme Court: State Cannabis Laws Stand Read as HTML • Read as PDF 
| Volume 2 No. 1 Spring 2009 • 85,000 copies Ending Medi-Marijuana Raids "Now American Policy" Read as HTML • Read as PDF 
| Volume 1 No. 4, Winter 2009 • 72,500 copies Election Brings New Hope for Reform in 2009 Read as HTML • Read as PDF 
| Volume 1 No. 3, Autumn 2008 • 65,000copies Flurry of Court Rulings Boost Medical Rights Read as HTML • Read as PDF 
| Volume 1 No. 2 Summer 2008 • 50,000 copies California High Court Stands by State Law to Return Medical Marijuana Read as HTML • Read as PDF (4.7MB) 
| Volume 1 Number 1 Spring 2008 • 35,000 copies San Francisco Adopts Medical Marijuana Sanctuary Ordinance Read as HTML • Read as PDF (2.9MB) |
Jessica Gelay of CannAssist.com (a patient and physician referral, software and verification service) helped out at the West Coast Leaf booth at the THC Expose at the Los Angeles Convention Center in April. Thousands of copies of the paper were handed out to expo goers over the weekend and bundles were picked up by collectives, doctors offices, and other businesses to share with their patients and customers after the show. For more information, visit WestCoastLeaf.com. Photo by Jessica Lux. 
Staff members at Oaksterdam University prepare for a new semester. There are a growing By Pebbles Trippet MMMAB Boardmember Mendocino County Supervisors propose to further regulate collectives and cooperatives as “public nuisances” under an administrative law (MCC9.31) that already limits patients to 25 plants per parcel, rather than on objective land use impacts under zoning laws that balance environmental and neighborhood concerns with patients’ rights. The nuisance framework is punitive and gives patients second-class status for purposes of regulation. Patients have fewer constitutional protections under administrative law than under criminal law. The proposed changes are vehemently opposed by the Mendocino Medical Marijuana Advisory Board (MMMAB). The question remains, how to regulate cannabis collectives and cooperatives without discriminating against patients or putting them at a disadvantage in court. Patients have fewer constitutional protections under administrative law than under criminal law. Patients can lose their right to a jury trial, the protection of warrants required for law enforcement to enter property, the need for corroborating evidence beyond a single deputy’s Read More: Mendo ordinance would label collectives and patients a ‘public nuisance’ to reduce their rights  Kelly decision maintains safe harbor, patient collectives; strikes down quantity limits By Chris Conrad The California State Supreme Court gave patients a unanimous victory Jan. 21 in its long-awaited People v Kelly Read More: Big Win for Cannabis at Cal Supreme Court  For the first time since 1972, California voters will have an opportunity to cast ballots for legal adult cannabis this November. Proponents of the Tax Cannabis 2010 initiative, TC2010, collected and turned in nearly 700,000 signatures Jan. 28, much more than the required 433,971, using only 40 percent of the time allotted by Read More: California voter initiative collects, hands in sigs in less than half the time allowed By Ken Wolski, RN, MPA Outgoing Governor Jon Corzine signed the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act into law on Jan. 18, 2010 making New Jersey the 14th medical cannabis state. The new law removes statewide penalties for the possession and use of up to two ounces of cannabis a month when a licensed physician recommends it for qualifying medical conditions, including cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, seizures, ALS, Crohn’s disease, glaucoma, intractable muscle spasticity, or a diagnosis of less than 12 months to live. The recommending physician must take responsibility for the patient’s ongoing condition. Qualified resident patients will be issued ID cards in a program run by the state Dept. of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). Patients will obtain cannabis from alternative treatment centers that operate under permits from the DHSS. These centers will be authorized to grow, harvest and sell cannabis and related San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley are all working on regulations for cannabis production to help ensure public safety and legitimize the efforts of providers. San Francisco is looking to clarify who is a legal medical grower and who is not after a number of cultivation sites were discovered in the Sunset District. Officials raised concerns over public safety issues created by illegal wiring and unprofessional practices by some of the over 40 garden facilities raided over the last few months. Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is exploring measures to properly regulate and control production facilities, citing concerns over safety and proximity to residential areas. Berkeley has begun discussions of regulating producers at the Medical Cannabis Safety Commission (MCSC) meetings, a city-appointed commission that was put in place by Measure JJ in 2008. All these cities seek the same thing — regulated facilities in which cannabis medicines can be produced safely and in a professional Read More: Bay cities set out to regulate cannabis production By Vanessa Nelson, MedicalMarijuanaofAmerica.com DISMISSED — Addison and Jessica DeMoura have decided to sue local agencies that raided the Oakdale Natural Choice collective in July 2007 since a Superior Court Judge Nancy Ashley threw out the search warrant Oct. 16 after police failed to mention that they provided only to qualified patients Photo by Vanessa Nelson, Medical Marijuana of America Six defendants in a central California dispensary case finally got a break Oct. 16. Superior Court Judge Nancy Ashley threw out the search warrant used to raid the Oakdale Natural Choice collective in July 2007. The ruling elicited an outburst of applause in the courtroom, causing the bailiff to eject observers. After hearing testimony from a trio of investigating officers, the judge’s decision was based on glaring omissions in the affidavit officers presented to get the warrant. In particular, it left out information that indicated Oakdale Natural Choice was serving qualified patients in 
By Becky DeKeuster, BPG The City of Berkeley took the unusual step of declaring Oct. 31, 2009 Berkeley Patients Group Day in the city, to honor the dispensary’s tenth anniversary. The two-page formal Proclamation reviewed highlights from BPG’s first decade, including: Pioneering a best-practices, service-based approach to providing cannabis The Council action came within days of the formal Justice Department announcement that it would no longer persecute dispensaries who Read More: BPG collective honored by City of Berkeley By Kandice Hawes The City of Dana Point served subpoenas to the five collectives operating in city limits in July seeking business records and the names of its members, purportedly to determine if the collectives are operating legally under California law. After the collectives refused to comply the city went to court asking for assistance in enforcing the subpoenas. Lawyers representing the collectives argued that the request for records was in violation of medical and financial privacy rights and the First and Fifth Amendment rights of the collectives. A judge ruled in November that the collectives must deliver the records. However, the court narrowed down who would have access to the names of the collective members. Those records will need to be submitted by Dec. 7, subject to an appeal. |
   
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Will Foster Freed at last, and back home with family and friends...   |
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