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Herb Folks United: Anti-American's
like the ones who maintain stopthepot.com need to be stopped! Look at the shit they throw at us! They brainwash your family and friends
to keep US down.....
2010-03-10 HerbFolks.org on Facebook this morning: Herb Folks Herb Lovers United: Tell us what we should do. What we can do together. We are
listening. Rudy Reyes Start to rally at city council weekly, bring pressure to council.
Alabama Compassionate Care On Thursday March 4, 2010 a group of patients
from Alabamians for Compassionate Care took a trip to Mobile, Alabama to attend the Heads vs. Feds debate between long time High Times Editor Steve Hager and retired
DEA agent Robert Stutman which took place at the University of South Alabama... 2010-03-09 William West on Facebook this morning: When it's your
door that gets kicked in and your legally thinking you are fine, stop and look at the ones here in court today,
they thought the same thing. Get off your lazy ASSES and help support us fighting for you. If it's taken
away the one to blame is YOU!! Always remember that when your crying about unfair treatment.
Edward ShimDept 30 When | Tue Mar 9 8:30am
– 12:30pm Pacific Time | Where | 220 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 (map) |
DAVIDOVICH JURY TRIALDepartment 55 When | Tues
& Wed Mar 9 & 10 9am – 5:00pm Pacific
Time | Where | 220 W Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101-3886 (map) |
San Diego Contact for 1000 Chairs Rolling
AnswerdamRX Director Persecution Redux Jovan has already determined, that he
will get justice. Which entails coming back, to defend himself once again, to court in New Berlin in
mid-march, for charges levied against his collective during
the Sept
9 2009 raid (although a jury acquitted him already for essentially the same 'crimes' from 8 8 2008). Where 220 W. Broadway San Diego CA 92101 (map) 2010-02-26 end of day update: REQUESTs
DENIED!
2 17 2010 Building Code Inspectors & Drug Abatement Teams muscle occupants & landlords of select herb spots
2 16 2010 One of the finest herb spots in New Berlin's history has been closed by the gestapo....
Southern California
Norml attorneys have taken on yet another coop/growop raided in San Diego area. Ed Shin was arrested when the collective was raided by local
authorities and the DEA. Norml attorneys have asked for court support on this . The next hearing will be
March 9th at 8:30 am dept 30 and March 30th 8:15 am dept 11
2010-02-10 HerbFolks.org There are gov't agents and CI's within the New Berlin herb community. Folks run cannabusinesses without being molested by the government for years on end, hiding in plain site, while THE REST go down hard. Its high time we demanded our civil rights and medicinal rights. Massive civil legal actions, and massive civil disobedience is required. Read your history. This is a war, don't you know? Act like it! And prepare to not only defend ourselves, but to
go on the offensive. We will bring the fight to them, that's the only path to liberation. Can we get an Amen? So Cal NORML is here to help patients gain safe access yet they need more patient involvement, as do the good folks
at Americans For Safe Access San Diego (ASA SD) Is ASA doing some good? Some. Yet it seems the bulk of the folks who make up
ASA SD represent
canna-business interests, primarily. Because they show up, but patients don't. Only medical cannabis patients can change this dynamic, by showing
up, taking direct action. not leaving it to 'collective owners'. Do we need grass roots organizations. like ASA? Yes, when truly patient centric. Herb
Folks Unite! 2010-02-08 Jovan Jackson SECOND TRIAL Preliminary Hearing in New Berlin will begin at nine
am,
in department 11, regarding the 9 9 2009 raid of
AnswerdamRx. If the judge is so foolish as to actually proceed with this farce, it
will become known to us then. Or its done, the criminals
administering 'justice' will have come to their senses, and peace will break out. Don't hold your 'collective' breaths, herb folks.
The nazi scum who call the shots in this garrison town are not likely to suddenly become respectful of state law. Bullies
NEVER give up without a fight. Lets take the fight to them, ok herb warriors? In the courtroom, we must comport ourselves as herb diplomats, however. Cool?
There are two things we need to consider, first, among ourselves. Racism, and compassion.
Both are wrapped up in Mr. Jackson's defense. The compassion part is this: no matter what the government says, there is without question, abuse of patients and caregivers here in New Berlin. Jovan and his folks are all guilty of being compassionate .
His collective is made up of all races,
men and women of conscience. We have not seen such diversity in the medical cannabis
world since the demise of the NATIVE SUN DISPENSARY. The NSD herb martyrs were incarcerated (and
bankrupted), as a result of 12/12/2005 and 7/6/06 New Berlin police robberies (aka dispensary
raids).
Jovan, a black man, is the only one from AnswerdamRx being charged. A black man
from NSD was persecuted (aka prosecuted), as was one white man. Both men did time in
jail as a result. Why do we belabor the race issue at all? Why do we bring up previous herb raids
in this discussion?
Because Mr. Jackson is going to bring up race, as it were, as
part of his defense. He may be correct. There indeed may be racism involved in this manufactured case. We don't
know, really.
Yet if he wins, only on the grounds of proven police/DA
bias, then what does this mean?
The fact is, race has nothing to do with
our movement, as far as we can see. The real defense, which applies to all of us in the medical
cannabis movement in California is, we are doing nothing wrong.
We are trying
to the best of our 'collective' abilities, to follow state law. We can't let ourselves be distracted
by the race card. We just want to get on with ensuring safe access for all.
Please write
in with your thoughts.
Where 220 W. Broadway
San Diego CA 92101 (map) 2010-02-08 9:30 am update: This phase of the farce
has been continued until the 22nd of Feb. at 9am in department eleven again... Note the other dates listed here are accurate, and still stand, as does our commentary. We find it curious the governement asked for a continuance today, being unprepared to move ahead. Why is that? Are they
trying to wear us down? Wear us out? Or is it to buy more time so they can commit more crimes upon our
folks, perhaps (a la RAID ROB & PILLAGE), gaining more free time on the airwaves to brainwash the public? Remember,
every time they pull this crap they force loads of folks into a corner and bump up their crime stats, as it were, so Obuma will
give them more money for guns and high tech toys to screw us over with. While the unsuspecting, unknowing, foolish populace sleeps.... _____________________________________
2010-02-03 HerbFolks.org Both state and federal cases heard
this week in New Berlin went badly. Really sideways.... James Stacy was essentially told by the judge hearing his case, the edicts issued from Washington,
that the feds will henceforth 'stop intruding in states medical cannabis rights', have no bearing on his case. In typical legalese fashion,
the judge said James is screwed. The grand proclaimations issued at the start of Obuma's tenure in early early 2009, 'does not have the force
of law', and in
his federal courtroom its just as if those words were never uttered by AG Holder. In Eugene's state case, his judge said he has to turn over
his patient records, as Mr. Davidovich is making a claim that he ran a collective, as part of his defense. There was some discussion of HIPPA and
how it might relate to the case, but it seemed to us the judge just blew that concept off entirely as if HIPPA does
not protect medical herb patients, just everybody else in the country. Total and utter bs; both cases are a
waste of taxpayer money. Both cases are examples of OUR government pretending we have rights, then going about their business as usual. Medical
Herb patients are at the mercy of the doctors, lawyers, and ultimately the drug companies, regardless of laws on the books in 14 states. We need
to create new ways to defend ourselves, and shift from being on the defensive, to offense. We need to attack them vigorously,
legally, morally, every way possible until they back down and respect state law. Cool? 2010-02-03 HerbFolks.org Wage
Peace Through Understanding and Cannabis Donna Lambert is a true herb warrior diplomat, a friend of all herb loving people everywhere. She is under assault from 'the system'
and from a few in the herb world proper, here in San Diego. We have watched from the sidelines and tried to be supportive of her, and the good folks in NORML and ASA. And we have watched her suffer,
being drained physically and spiritually as she prepares her own defense. We will continue to support her, and love her. Yet somebody has to shut down the attack machine being led by a few 'select'
ASA SD members. Donna is making her best effort to stand back from this bs and deal with the real problems we all face in New Berlin, yet feels the need to
defend herself
from fools who should know better, like this one, who has taken it upon himself to 'defend' ASA SD leadership, as it were, by attacking
Donna. Can't we all just get along? PS: We have obtained the "T. Best
assault audio", its real. It doesn't matter to us, however. The truth is gonna roll all over this 'story' soon, and it will
make us free, so we can move ahead together against our real enemy, OUR GOVERNMENT! Peace. Now. Please? 2010-01-21 HerbFolks.org San
Diego City Medical Marijuana Task Farce Chief Solis and
Captain McDonald graced the meeting with their presence, and as expected, trashed the whole concept of medical cannabis, resisting all the way. They attempt to write law... While both claimed they follow the AG Guidelines, their interpretations were rather stupid. They objected to anyone with a recommendation being able to join a collective making MMJ too available to non MMJ interests. This is practicing medicine without a license. And they objected to whatever documentation provided "proving" non-profit status. Not
enough documentation, they said. This is practicing law without a license. Hogwash. These are more delaying tactics, while they plan the next set of raids to deny safe access. Time for debate is over.
2010-01-12 District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis won't receive the endorsement of a local
public safety union umbrella organization, an interesting move given that Dumanis
has no opponent. Dumanis, the subject of a five-part voiceofsandiego.org series last week, received heat from this U-T editorial to explain why she's boycotting
a judge. __________________________________
2009-12-31 HerbFolks.org For those of you who are aware
of postings under the name HERBFOLKS on other sites Please be aware that some of them are bogus. If it sounds fishy, it probably is...
Like the one on NORML's site where it said 'we', HerbFolks, voted for Eugene Davidovich for 'activist of the year'. That is
nonsense.... we posted a correction to it this morning after being alerted to it, and other more slanderous stuff. Some in our
community are divisive, for their own purposes. But we don't care about that, only that we all gain and retain access to our chosen
medicine. For a look at a true activist's story, migrate over to Donna Lambert's website. Have a happy new year, herb folks. ThCompassion - The House of Compassion THCompassion.org. Medical Marijuana Trial of Donna
Lambert, Building a bridge with government to accept the will of the voters 13 years ago when California ... Donna is what she appears to be; give
thanks!
See
the KPBS Video and read the text (Scott Chipman particularly). This has gone on long enough.....
Will someone sue the hell out of this city and our DA so we don't have to listen to SCOTT anymore?
Will good citizens stand up and put these jerks in their place? Will the average person who smokes herb recreationally,
stand up ? Come out of the cannabis closet ,all of you. Please? ______________________________________________________
2009-12-11 11:49 Breaking Herb News Flash, from a true Herb Warrior
on the Front lines! Subject: Hey it's joe nunes u can forward this
I don't want to comment on the details of the case because I haven't been sentenced
yet. I'll be more than happy to lay out many
of the details people have no clue about after my sentencing on 3/22/10. If I'm in prison I will still comment. What I will say is that I plead guilty to manufacture of 25 marijuana plants (3" tall
clones found in the cooperative), money laundering (using cooperative revenue to pay cooperative
bills), and maintaining a drug premises (the cooperative itself). This guilty plea comes
as a result of not being able to use a medical marijuana defense in federal court. My case was federal because of an additional 89 clones (3" tall marijuana plants) found in the back of
someone's car outside another cooperative I was involved with during the raid.
Those 89 plants combined with the 25 found inside the cooperative I was arrested in exceeded the federal
5-year minimum mandatory threshold of 99 plants. My name was on the lease of both cooperatives. I am not being charged for the cultivation of the additional 89 plants now but nevertheless
my case stayed federal. Both cooperatives were incorporated mutual benefit non-profit organizations
in compliance with state law. PS: *editors note...The "person" most responsible for terrorism is San Diego District Attorney
Bonnie Dumanis. She is up for re-election in June and no one is running against her. Does anybody in this garrison town have the will or
the skill to run? Anybody?
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Is it true Tiger Woods smokes
the holy herb? A local lady who worked at Yogi's in Cardiff, told herb folks dot org he blazed with her a few years ago, just before he got married. Now
that his job is no longer the huge deal it once was, maybe he can come out of the cannabis closet, huh? This is really quite serious, we need everyone to just
say no, we won't hide anymore. If this lady lied to us, then we apologize to Tiger.... we know he is hurting.
Poor tiger....
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2009-12-11 The
weak willed, go along with Bonnie no matter what, San Diego City Council met on Tuesday. Ms. Dumanis got $320k so her DA's wouldn't have to deal with their own transportation, like the rest of us. And they crawled
along towards some sort of "solution" to the Medical Cannabis Mess. With bogus community group HARM (read that shills
for the government, who finance them), in attendance, out in force really, to speak in opposition of MMJ regulations. There were over 50 "people" led by HARMFUL Judy Strang and Kathy
Lippet. THEY GET THEIR FUNDS FROM YOU! HARM is a SD county funded organization who oppose medical cannabis for anyone.
Video:
Not guilty verdict reached in Jovan Jackson's medical marijuana trial (1:50) -
http://www.760kfmb.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&cli\pFormat=flv&clipId1=4346435&at1=News&h1=Not ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cal NORML
Release - Dec 1, 2009 JACKSON "NOT GUILTY" VERDICT SENDS MESSAGE TO DA: LAY OFF MEDICAL MARIJUANA! A San Diego jury's not guilty
verdict for medical marijuana defendant Jovan Jackson sends a powerful message to District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis to call off the
heat and dismiss the numerous other defendants currently facing similar charges in San Diego. The jury rightly cited the
vagueness of current laws as a reason not to convict Jackson of illegally possessing and selling marijuana. It is to be hoped
that Jackson's case will set a precedent for other medical marijuana defendants in San Diego. The city should move promptly to adopt
reasonable regulations for the siting and operation of dispensaries as recommended by the city's MMJ task force. - Dale Gieringer, Cal NORML
Donna Lambert Speaks
out after Jackson Verdict
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Nov 29, 2009 ... Without explanation, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has been steering
cases ... __________________________________________________________________________
On November 24th, 2009, the CPC voted to reject the medical marijuana
task force recommendations....not the MCTC from 2002, the 2009 MMTF! The San Diego CPC is running rough-shod over medical cannabis
patients, and their caregivers. If
we let them
keep screwing us, we won't ever have safe access to our chosen medicine, in part due to "community planners" (aka CPC members)
who know no boundaries: they bring their prejudice and bias against us to bear
in "community" groups such as this one. Its our turn, to really get involved, everywhere the intolerant conspire,
against patients rights to safe access. They voted to ban store
front collectives, to disallow grandfathering, and are looking for a total ban. Find out ways to get involved. (gov't site _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Josh Bilben points out his marijuana collective generates state sales tax. Alex Kreit, the chairman of San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force, adds that the ... ________________________________________________ Saturday November
21, 2009 one thirty in the morning (FINALLY!) Well, maybe they have woken up.... or maybe they are just responding to
the public outrage at their complacency, no matter. Here is the Union Tribunes version of
Jovan Jackson and his district attorney patient! Nov 21, 2009 ... Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1:46 a.m.. SAN DIEGO COURTS
— In June of ... specifically
its manager, Jovan Jackson — sold drugs for profit _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wage Peace! San Diego CityBeat quote…“How is one
to know what is legal and illegal, what dispensaries can do and what they can’t do?” Felsen said.
“These are very clear, very basic questions of law. If an agency is enforcing the law, the law has to be clear so the public can follow it. Otherwise, it violates the due-process laws of the Constitution.” As we have editorialized many times on
Herb Folks dot org, the medical cannabis patient and caregiver community in
San Diego, indeed all over our fine state, just can't keep getting pounded by the coalition-of-the-mean, as we have been up 'til now. We can't take the beatings, humiliation, and double-dealing from Bonnie Dumanis
and her ilk in L.A. We need new ways to fight the good fight. It's become crystal clear, subjecting ourselves to random acts
of violence by those who incarcerate and subjugate our community, always having to defend what
we already supposedly have (the right to safe access), does not work. Instead
of letting them win their war of attrition (aka drug war), pushing a boulder up-hill, as it were, we are mounting a set of civil actions which will in fact work. Where are the other attorney's, who really feel
compassion for us? Why is it left to one lady to do virtually alone? Those days must
end, now. Its begun, its on... the rest of you, stand up, please. This is not to say
Americans For Safe Access (ASA), and NORML, nationally and locally, are not doing good work. They are. But its too slow for many. The sick and the dying need safe access,
and we demand they get it. Nothing else will do. We need something
more, to expedite the civilizing process, vis-a-vis our lawbreaking law enforcement local 'authorities". We need to aggressively wage peace. HerbFolks dot org is proud to say Mara Felsen is a friend of ours. She stood up and took command
of the situation, in a 'civil' sense, on our behalf. She is a true herb diplomat. Please
consider her words, they are powerful, and clarifying. On this veterans day,
there is a dark cloud over our folks. But there is a ray of light shining on us now. Seeing Mara's words in print, its become much more real to us, not all lawyers
are money grubbing, ambulance chasing, virtual-partners-with-the-courts, old-boy-network
scumbags, as many who profess to be "on our side" are, in fact. They
do the minimum to get paid, and say "oh well, San Diego is different, it's the best anyone can do
in this town." In San Diego medical cannabis case after case, we have seen mostly passive
jackass lawyers being highly paid to perform good legal work, though not
actually working for their pay. Please
join us in supporting Mara's efforts, directly, any way you can. Ask yourself what that means, then just do it folks. Its lonely out here on the edge…. Here is the article we excerpted from Mara's interview this week with CityBeat (one of the only, if not the
only, honorable news organizations regarding this sensitive issue). Wage Peace!
San Diego CityBeat - Dope deliberations By Dave Maass ps: great job Dave, only three weeks on the
job and you are kicking nazi ass _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Friday
November 20, 2009 o-dark-hundred Once again, a man's rights (proposition 215 became law 13 years ago, folks) are trampled, only to
have to fight
for years to get some portion of them restored, even acknowledged. This is the way it works: police rob and arrest medical patients,
charge some, release the rest under threats of renewing the charges "within a year", and gain plea bargains from the remainder after
ruining their lives. So don't tell me we live in a free country (at least as far as medical rights), we live in a thug-ocracy. Only A few
go to trial..... And
the FREE PRESS doesn't report on it, 'cause the populace is brain-dead for the most part. Bonnie is A THUG. Read the story below for another
example, from 2006, updated this week. And please note this is all we found on the UNION TRIBUNE of
import this week, as they f-ing ignored the ASTOUNDING Jovan Jackson story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BY GREG MORAN union tribune THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 In 2006, San Diego police found 98 marijuana plants and
1.7 pounds of dried herb in Nathaniel Archer's home. Archer was a medical marijuana patient (chronic pain from a construction
accident)who said he was growing for himself as well as four others. Didn't go over with a jury, which convicted him of both
counts. But on Tuesday the 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego reversed part of that verdict
in a ruling that Archer's lawyer said could have broad application for how medical marijuana cases in the future. click
on the green title above to read the rest of Union Tribune version of this story --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 17, 2009 ... (CBS 8) - James Pitts is all too familiar with San
Diego courtrooms, ... It involves the case of Jovan Jackson, the manager of a local medical marijuana ... witness
in a case being brought to trial by his own office. ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HerbFolks.Org
believes HARM is a bogus, yet dangerous, taxpayer funded organization
of liars and miscreants. Well meaning, perhaps, scum nonetheless.Weak minded simple fools. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ On Thursday November 12, 2009, HARM (Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana) held a “Marijuana
Dispensaries: Legal Issues Seminar” at the Carmel Valley Community Center in San Diego. In attendance were
law enforcement agencies, cities’ attorneys, and staff. Although the flier sent out by HARM advertised that anyone who cares about the issue was welcome to
attend, all community members who tried to RSVP for the event were turned down. The seminar, held under the guise of “education”, was intended to teach
cities and law enforcement agencies what loop holes exist in the law that they can exploit and what some other counties have
done to ban ‘dispensaries’ outright. Although the City of San Diego has created a task force to provide clarification on regulating medical cannabis
dispensing collectives and cooperatives, HARM instead of working with City Council, or providing support for the recovery
community as the funds they use are intended for, is spending taxpayers’ money on a seminar where they teach county
and city employees on how to undermine Proposition 215. The community did not appreciate this propagandist, misinformation seminar, nor the misappropriation
of our taxpayers dollars that went to pay for law enforcement, city attorney’s and their staff to attend the event. Outside
several dozen protesters gathered with signs to protest. They chanted, marched and sent a strong message that this will not
be tolerated in San Diego. Local
Media was there to cover the protest: View CW6 Coverage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0gwxWIC3Nk The war on Medical Marijuana
in San Diego has implication across the state and groups such as HARM understand that. This is why San Diego ASA and others
in the San Diego community will continue to speak out. http://picasaweb.google.com/SanDiegoASA/HarmProtest1112?feat=directlink
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2009-11-04 “Office
of the Mayor will be involved in the final decisions once that point in the process is reached” Ron Lacey, Office of the Mayor San Diego ASA and many in the city have urged the Mayor to participate
in the task force. The Mayor's office has issued a statement :
The City Council has taken the lead on this matter and the Office of the Mayor will address the recommendations
of the Citizens Task Force on Marijuana once their report and recommendations are complete.
The Office of
the Mayor appreciated your input, but the Mayor has declined to be involved directly at this point. Rest
assured that the Office of the Mayor will be involved in the final decisions once that point in
the process is reached.
Ron E Lacey
Community Outreach
Office of the Mayor
619-236-7168
rlacey@sandiego.gov * editors note: They won't participate in the process, in our
opinion, because they have no interest in allowing, or even recognizing, safe access to medical cannabis. The Mayor's office
is obstructionist,at the least. Today, they issued a weak statement, nothing more.
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These two downloads contain current documentation from the
local LEOs (law enforcement officers) showing their 2009-11-03 request to the SD County Board of Supervisors, for approval of plans and funding to suppress marijuana cultivation
and 'trafficing' (whatever that is), for 2009-2010. Take this
seriously, herb folks. Its real. On 11 3 2009 the County rubber
stamped these plans to eradicate cannabis, medical and otherwise.
click for Nov approval funds MMJ suppresion program
click for DOJ Lemon Grove MMJ file 3
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Don Duncan, spokesman for
ASA, speaks at the so-called medical marijuana task force. Note our ASA brother refers to the holy herb as medical cannabis. Please share
this with your non herb imbibing friends and family. You and I can't liberate the sick and dying alone, we need the help of the citizenry at large. This is a fact you stoners (I know, not
all of you are stoners, sorry....), need to wake up to. WAKE UP! _____________________________________________________________________________________
The San Diego Medical Cannabis community needs your support...
We finally have the mainstream media requesting our story, and a possible grand jury investigation!
Eleanor Yang Su, staff writer with the San Diego Union Tribune has
been newly assigned to the "medical marijuana beat" and is considering writing an article about the possible
San Diego Grand Jury investigation into the County DA's denial of safe access and the 09/09/09 terror attacks on our community.
She has requested copies of complaints that were sent to the Grand Jury after the 09/09/09 attacks. I've sent her the
complaint that was sent to all of you on 09/16/2009, now she's requesting more.
Mainstream media support
is crucial to our success in this ridiculous battle for safe access. CityBeat is already there... If you sent a letter to the Grand Jury, please attach your letter to a reply of this ASA email or email
directly to eleanor.su@uniontrib.com.
If
you witnessed Grand Jury members at the Medical Marijuana Task Force meeting please reply to this email with your recollection
of the event(s) or email directly to eleanor.su@uniontrib.com.
Thank you for your continued support!
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this request, please call
Marcus with San Diego ASA @ 619-540-7172
www.safeaccesssd.org _____________________________________________________________________________________
Tribute to a fine, 100% cool spot from San Diego's past: 
the po-lice smashed into their shop, robbed them, and boarded up the place, December 12, 2005.
They did not re-open 'the next day' as many did, but they were not charged when police raided again on 7 6 2006.... 'cause
they were long gone! Want to read more about the way it was, a
few years back, in New Berlin? Read it and weep. Most of the folks raided/robbed and assaulted in 2004, 2005 and 2006 were good people providing medical cannabis
to the sick and dying. Period. Just as they are now.... [PDF] .../City of San Diego, County of San Diego, described ...... In 2004,California Senate Bill 420 (SB 420), Medical Marijuana,
Dec 16, 2005 Police reported seizing 50 pounds
of pot, computers, & patient recs....
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 Young marijuana plants are shown Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, in Seattle. The marijuana is
distributed to members of a cooperative of medical patients who have received doctor's authorization to use the drug to treat
their illnesses, such as AIDS and multiple sclerosis. Unlike several other states which permit marijuana sales to patients,
Washington requires patients to grow marijuana themselves or designate a caregiver to grow it for them.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Attention HerbFolks, according to an email, we got from
CANORML's Dale G last niight, (Oct 27, 2009) Weedmaps reviews used against caregivers
in San Diego PD / DEA 9 9 2009 raids. This is confirmed by the article posted below, by CityBeat. Our
attorneys need time to digest this information. To survive the onslaught of pain the DA is dishing out here to patients in
New Berlin, we need support; please visit our contact us page if your can contribute time and or money. We have a civil attorney
who donates time for free; she is maxed out as it is on specific cases. Also, we will not post any NEW random reviews until
we have this looked at as well. There is this little thing called "1st amendment right to free speech", but we are a bit skeptical about
the law actually being followed here on the front lines of the drug WAR! " the US/State Government War on Patients, is
more honest and accurate, is it not"? Peace Now! also see Dave's excellent reporting,
following up on the DA's lies about the 9 9 2009 robbery / assault (her version of Shock and Awe?),,,, __________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ We the people are pissed
off. There are three fronts to fight on: legal, moral, and street. We are
blessed with a civil attorney ready willing and actively resisting on our behalf. Please
help Mara get information. She is reached at mara.law@gmail.com Her thoughts
are on the page called Legal Stuff (select from the menu above). Talk to non herb smoking regular folks, and ask them if someone in their family has
cancer, aids, or other debilitating illness. There is someone close to all of us, if we are honest, who fits this
description. This is the moral front, its only just and right. The street is where you all need to be on November 30th (dept 33) & all
the rest that follow. There will be more 'til YOU fight back! Finally, your family, friends, co-workers, and churches all need your passionate pleas
for justice and compassion. Its on you, folks. Its on you. Quit blaming and start claiming. Its medicine, not weed!
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ James Stacy is in Obama's
court, in the county formerly known as San Diego. Come and be a witness to the travesty of justice they call a fair trial.
This is a FEDERAL case! Yes, there are people being charged, don't listen to those who say 'its cool, we
are legal' MIA was too! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Obama SAYS he is for the sick, again, but what has he really done?
2009-10-14 The new San Diego Medical Marijuana Task Force was approved by the San Diego city council only one day before police raids closed 14 ...
Dear Herb Folks, We hear from a lot of you lately, asking the same thing: "wtf?" And "What is happening,
we thought it was legal for patients to use cannabis, at least in California. Now this?" LA and San Diego counties are leading the way to utterly disrupt/bankrupt
the whole state's cannabis-medicine-supply-chain. Harassing caregivers and patients alike, they rob us of our peace in the
process of destroying lives. Don't think
the current situation will stand; they are going to raid massively, soon!
Its
about time we did something different; what, exactly? You need to tell us, or better yet just do it. Organize around the herb
heroes in the courts and JAILs. Listen to them, they are speaking. Be active. We can't just keep doing the same things and
expect a different outcome, the police agencies do not rest. We should not rest either, until every patient
who needs the herb has it. Peace Out
California Narcotics Officers to Receive an Award for "Operation Endless Summer" San Diego, Oct 22, 2009
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the public as "operation endless summer) 2009 Awards Ceremony - Region 4 Please join us in recognizing CNOA Region IV's Award Recipients: Frank Cortez, DOJ/BNE -Narcotic Officer of the Year, Tia Quick, DDA - Prosecutor of the Year, Operation Stampede and Operation Endless
Summer - Teams of the Year. Thursday,
October 22, 2009 Doubletree Hotel 7450 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92108 No-host bar from 6:00pm - 7:00pm Dinner and Awards at 7:00pm Tickets: $20 Per. Person Tickets must
be purchased in advance To Purchase Ticket(s),
Please Contact: James Doherty (SDSO) at 619-980-8274 Mary Ellen Barrett (DDA) at 619-807-0887 Roxie Vigil (SDPD) at 619-454-4051 For all other inquiries, please email: cnoa4reservations@gmail.com Let's put aside our differences and deal with this. THE
CNOA AWARDS DINNER IS HERE IN SAN DIEGO ON OCTOBER 22, 2009 We think we might want to consider a rally here.
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Oktober 2, 2009 The Marley Family (that's right, Bob's kids)
called in last night to say they are considering where they might put a museum here in New Berlin, to celebrate
the life and music of Bob. He took the words of the most high, Jah, and put it to music, making it right. Stay
tuned folks, its between two locations, either in OB, or Hillcrest. HCC would be a sweet spot, wouldn't it? Thanks
Paul, thanks Patrick. Give thanks!
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San Diego County supervisors yesterday extended their ban on medical-marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas. ...
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"We hope the judge will see this case for what it is and dismiss all charges." WHERE: at the downtown San Diego
Courthouse. WHEN: December 7th, 2009
WHY: Hearing in medical marijuana patient Donna Lambert's case (#ACL004). Background: Ms. Lambert is one of 14 people arrested in
the District Attorney-led "Operation GreenRx", which is estimated to have already cost taxpayers over $2 million.
As part of that operation, as many as ten detectives spent six months becoming qualified medical marijuana patients on
fraudulent grounds and then joining medical marijuana collectives. Undercover San Diego Police Detective
Scott Henderson lied to a doctor to obtain a valid medical marijuana recommendation and then reached out to Ms.
Lambert for help. After verifying his valid doctor's recommendation and providing him with medicinal marijuana, Ms. Lambert
now faces seven felony counts. Ms. Lambert's case is important for several reasons. It is one of the first cases to be tried after both President
Obama and US Attorney General Holder have said it was a waste of resources to spend money undermining the state medical marijuana
laws. It is also one of the first medical marijuana cases to be tried since the US Supreme Court refused to hear San
Diego County's bid to overturn California's medical marijuana laws. Drug Policy Alliance
www.drugpolicy.org
Another Video of the 9 9 2009 New Berlin Raids courtesy of the network, and MIA.
City's permitted more medical marijuana businesses than
it thinks it hasSeptember 8, 2009 - 5:21 pm - Kelly Davis SDCITYBEAT.comToday, the San Diego City Council decided
to re-start its Medical Marijuana Task Force. Originally formed in 2001, the task force developed guidelines on what amount
of pot a medical marijuana user could have on hand, and was then disbanded-despite a huge jump in dispensaries in San Diego in 2005 and
calls for the city to hammer out guidelines for dispensary operations. With the Supreme Court deciding not to hear San Diego County's challenge
to Prop. 215 (the voter-approved initiative that allows people with a doctor's recommendation to use marijuana for medical
purposes) and Obama saying that raiding medical marijuana dispensaries wasn't going to be a priority for the DEA, medical-marijuana-related
businesses are back. The city seems to think that only eight of these businesses are legit. According to a July 21 memo from Development
Services Director Kelly Broughton, only eight medical marijuana businesses have applied for a city-issued business-tax certificate. The reality is that dozens have applied
for, and been issued, a license-just not under the proper category. Why? Because the city doesn't have the proper category.
Sure, it has a category called "medical marijuana dispensaries," but labeling yourself as such is asking for trouble-dispensaries
are illegal according to guidelines put out by the state Attorney
General. Medical marijuana can be distributed through nonproft co-ops and collectives, the A.G. said, and, so, that's what
medical-marijuana-distribution businesses have been calling themselves. They've also been applying for a business-tax license
under the same categories that dispensaries, collectives and co-ops have historically used. I looked through a year's worth
of business-tax records and here are some of those categories: * Other misc. store/retailers
* All other health and personal care
* Other direct selling establishment
* Holistic health practitioners
* Food and health supplement store
*
Other individual family services According to Broughton's memo, it's up to Development Services to "determine the appropriate use category"
for each business that applies for a tax license. This determination is "based on information provided by the applicant."
If that's true, then it's surprising that "San Diego Medical Cannabis Collective" (which applied, and received,
a tax license under "Other misc. stores/retailers") didn't get recategorized. Others are less clear, but not by
much: The Green Door Collective (where you can get a contact high simply by standing across the street), the Medicine Man
Herbal House of Healing, Island Herbal Collective and Green Kross Collective. Did any of these names raise a red flag for
Broughton's staff? Who knows. As the U-T's Helen Gao points out, nobody from Development Services
was at today's City Council meeting to answer questions. If you look through the city's business-tax records, using the words "collective," "cannabis"
or "caregivers" as search terms, there are no less than 20 medical-marijuana businesses that have been issues a
business-tax license in the last year. CalNORML lists at least another dozen-and
notice how they're no longer using the term "dispensary," either. Since it's illegal for any business that sells or distributes
medical marijuana to make a profit, the next step is to check these businesses against the California Secretary of State's
business records. Perhaps that'll be one of the task-force's recommendations, unless a reporter with time on his/her hands
gets around to it first. September 1, 2009
San Diego's North 'hills' gets liberated! Mother Earth's Alternative Healing Cooperative 434 E. Mission Rd. Fallbrook (951) 451-9060 god bless the herb heroes who were not
afraid to open a spot here! Friday August 21, 2009 Yesterday Joseph Malone went to court to begin the
trial in his medical cannabis case. In light of the fact that he relieved his attorney a short period of time prior to today's hearing, the
judge approved a continuance of his trial to October 2, 2009. Please join Joseph in court on October 2 in
Department 11 at 8:15 am. From
Department 11 he will be assigned out to another courtroom. we think Joe is the Buddha (see the video.... you decide!
2009-08-04
Reverend Paul Cody runs Hillcrest Compassion Center. Paul is a friend of Eddy Lepp, which makes him
a very special man. The ministry he brought to San Diego's Hillcrest district, in January 2009, has transformed
the neighborhood. It is a place of healing, where you can get the help you need and the care you deserve,
from honest herb folks, with love. They were the first Medical Cannabis Dispensary to stand up, this time around,
to open a storefront boldly, in the face of Bonnie and her minions, fearing nothing. God Bless. Free Eddy Now! July 24,2009 SD City attorney letter on herb
San Diego DA caught in lie about medical marijuana
San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis continues to prosecute an endless stream of medical marijuana / cannabis patients & caregivers in San Diego. source
But only 6 years ago when she was running for office she had
a much different story:
Bonnie Dumanis - “I said that I’ve sworn to uphold the state laws and that’s what I will do.
If the federal government wants to go after these
people and can, there’s nothing I can do, but in this day and age of very few resources for everyone, I certainly don’t have in our office the resources to spend a lot on medical
marijuana cases.” source
Anyone who votes in San Diego should
be aware of this fact.
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Monday July 27, 2009More on San Diego's Medical Marijuana Imbroglio Trying
to understand which jurisdiction is responsible for what, & how politicians & prosecutors can get away with construing
the law however they please, is very tricky. Federally, Cannabis is a schedule 1 narcotic according to In California, voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, which grants
legal marijuana use with a state licensed Physician's recommendation. Then in 2003, legislation passed Senate
Bill 420, which was intended to help clear up Prop 215 & help establish a way for law enforcement to recognize
who is a patient & who is not. In 2008, Jerry Brown, California's Attorney General issued Suggested Guidelines
for medical marijuana patients & law enforcement. Even with all these laws in place, & the Obama
administration claiming that they will not spend federal resources fighting this, San Diego officials have not
stopped! There are moratoriums in El Cajon, La Mesa, Chula Vista, Santee, Escondido, & Oceanside.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors, who oversee the unincorporated areas, have implemented the state's most
expensive voluntary card program, mandated by SB 420, after they tried to fight the mandate, taking the case
all the way up to the Supreme Court, where it was rejected meaning the California ruling stands: Follow
State law over Federal. The Board is now drafting an ordinance to prohibit illegal medical marijuana
dispensaries in the unincorporated area. Ordinance action being heard on Friday, July 31ST @ 9AM@ Registry
of Voters on Ruffin Road. Meanwhile, the City Council is thinking of re-implementing the Cannabis
Patients' Task Force & possibly more moratoriums. Patients are encouraged to attend the Public
Health & Safety Committee on Wednesday, July 29th @ 2PM @ the City Council building. The District Attorney is
prosecuting medical marijuana providers in San Diego & has even reportedly launched a new investigation targeting medical
marijuana providers. To help end medical marijuana prosecutions from the DA, there
are three things you can do right now! 2) Ask the City Council to launch a Grand Jury investigation. any current medical marijuana
prosecutions, & refrain from them in the future. Things are happening right now,
today & this week, in San Diego that will shape our future. Concerned? Get involved!! Give San
Diego safe access - Stop Operation Green Rx Visit SanDiegoMarijuana.com for more info July
13 2009 Brother Eugene's story continues: The preliminary hearing in my case lasted today from 8:15 in
the morning until almost 4:30 in the afternoon. After trying to navigate the "Serpentine Roadmap" that makes up
our medical marijuana laws with my attorney in court, it appears to be more confusing then ever. The day started with
the prosecutor fighting tooth and nail to not allow the recommendation from my physician to be admitted into the court records
proving that I am a qualified patient even though we had subpoenaed the documentation from the doctor's office, and had a
sworn affidavit to support that from the doctor's custodian of record. My recommendation was admitted although it took a lot
of effort from my attorney. The expert witness Chris Conrad, did get to testify and testified that the collective and
the way that it was operating was in fact legal and sanctioned under state law Even though the expert witness who was originally
involved in an advisory and consulting capacity in drafting Prop 215 testified to what a collective is and that what I was
doing did in fact fall under that definition as intended by the law, the judge did not agree he saw ‘no evidence of
a collective" even though the detectives themselves said that I cultivated marijuana based on the equipment they found
in my storage unit. We also found out from Detective Conrado Decastro that thisOperation Green Rx was in fact
targeting Medical Marijuana Patients and the whole point with Operation Green Rx was to bring down everyone listing their
collectives on NORML only later was the name changed to Operation Endless Summer. We also found out that Conrado
Decastro is in charge and is the ‘mastermind' behind "Operation Green Rx". On a side note: In February
when I was arrested, Conrado Decastro interrogated me at the police station. During the interrogation he pulled
out two large 3 inch black binders that had a large red cross and marijuana leaf on them. The two binders contained a large
number of tabs with last names of people. As he pulled out the two binders, he told me that I was not alone, and that "we
are gonna bring all you medical pot people down".
Detective Scott
Henderson (Jamie Conlan) today, conveniently ‘could not recall' the details of the two phone conversations we had where
I explained to him that this was a collective cultivation effort, and that he was not to divert the medicine to the illicit
market. It was also very convenient that the detectives recorded everything except for the phone conversations even though
he testified that the equipment for such recordings was readily available. It was unbelievable to see this much resources
from the practically bankrupt county of San Diego being spent on this effort. Today for example, there were at least 5 bailiffs
in the courtroom, the DA had at least five other people from the DA's office advising her on how to properly prosecute this
case, and they brought out three detectives to testify. All this during a Preliminary Hearing for a case where both people
are qualified medical cannabis patients. It seems that the San Diego Narcotics Division TOP priority has been made to
investigate and shut down medical cannabis collectives in San Diego. I am still in shock after today and am now trying
to figure out how to get funds together for my attorney to retain him further. It seems that the DA is heavily invested
into this ‘war' and it seems that I just might end up being another ‘casualty' as fighting this machine seems
almost impossible, especially when they have unlimited disposal to their attorneys and ‘advisors' and I have to rely
on my self, a public defender, or somehow attempt to afford an attorney after loosing my employment and savings as a result
of these charges. In short, it went as expected. The bias shined bright in court today! Thank you again to everyone
who came and supported me in court today. It was truly inspiring to turn around and see a packed courtroom in the morning
as well as to get to speak with a number of you. As more collectives open here in San Diego, it is now more critical
then ever for patients from the Medical Cannabis Community in San Diego to stand together against this continued attempt to
overturn the will of the people, by a select bias driven few. Thank You,
Eugene Davidovich
U.S. Supreme Court handed medical marijuana patients and advocates a resounding victory
REGION: County's case against medical marijuana hits dead endSupervisors may issue ID cards as Supreme Court denies appealBy EDWARD SIFUENTES - esifuentes@nctimes.com | Monday, May 18, 2009 6:20 PM PDT ∞ The San Diego County Board of Supervisors' case against medical marijuana reached a legal dead-end
Monday.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from San Diego and San Bernardino counties, which sought
a ruling on whether California's medical marijuana law trumps the federal controlled-substances law banning the drug's use.
In reaction to the court's decision, the county's lead attorney said he will recommend the board approve giving the
ID cards to patients at its meeting on June 16.
"We are obviously disappointed; we thought that this was a
good vehicle to resolve the conflict" between the state and federal laws, said attorney Tom Bunton, who represented San
Diego County. "This is pretty much the end of the game."
Oceanside City Attorney John Mullen said the
court's decision would have no effect on the city's 45-day moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries approved last week
by the City Council.
Mullen said the city's moratorium is a "zoning issue" and not a question on the
legality of medical marijuana.
Supporters of medical marijuana said they were pleased with the U.S. Supreme Court's
decision.
"We are glad to see that the court has agreed with our position," said David Blair-Loy, legal
director with the San Diego American Civil Liberties Union. "Now we fully expect them (the county) to comply with the
law."
The ACLU represented the San Diego chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws, in the case. NORML is a defendant in the county's suit.
The county has suffered several defeats since it
filed the case in 2006.
Attorneys for the county argued that the federal law making it illegal to use marijuana
supersedes Proposition 215, the 1996 ballot state measure that legalized marijuana for patients with a prescription.
In July, California's 4th District Court of Appeal rejected the county's contention that the state law flies in the face
of federal pot prohibitions.
The appellate court ruled state law does not "pose a significant impediment"
to the federal Controlled Substances Act because that law is designed to "combat recreational drug use, not to regulate
a state's medical practices."
In October, the California Supreme Court rejected the county's request to review
the ruling. That left the county with the option of asking the nation's highest court to step in. That door closed on Monday.
Supervisor Bill Horn, whose district includes much of North County, said in a phone interview that he still believes
the decision was wrong, but acknowledged that the case is now over.
"I think there's no justification whatsoever
defying the state court's ruling if the Supreme Court won't hear it," Horn said. "I still think it's wrong. I think
federal law trumps the state law."
In 2005, Horn was among three supervisors who voted to oppose a state law
requiring counties to create medical marijuana registries and issue identification cards to patients. The law, Senate Bill
420, was supposed to make it easier for law enforcement officials to identify legitimate patients.
The board's
majority, Supervisors Horn, Dianne Jacob and Pam Slater-Price, said at the time that complying with the state's order would
tell children that marijuana was OK and lead to increased drug abuse.
Since 2005, the county district attorney's
office has adopted the supervisors' aggressive stance toward the law. Local law enforcement officials have helped federal
drug enforcement officials crack down on, and essentially shut down, local medical marijuana dispensaries.
Slater-Price
repeated her concerns about the message medical marijuana sends to kids, but the supervisor said that she likely would support
the county attorney recommendation to issue the ID cards.
"This increases the responsibility on teachers and
parents, because it's going to take away one of their main weapons: that the drug was illegal," Slater-Price said Monday.
"At least maybe it will open a dialogue and parents will talk to their kids."
Jacob said in a written
statement that she was disappointed by the court's decision. She declined to say whether she would support issuing the ID
cards.
"We were seeking a definitive ruling, in writing, that would resolve the conflict between state and
federal law," Jacob said. "In my opinion, there remains a gray area that will continue to pose challenges for law
enforcement and users."
Medical marijuana patient Rudy Reyes, 31, said Monday that the county must follow
state law and begin issuing ID cards.
"The people voted for this law," he said. "A lot of people
in San Diego have waited 13 years for this."
Reyes, of Santee, uses marijuana to alleviate the pain of third-degree
burns suffered during the 2003 Cedar fire.
If the supervisors follow through and issued ID cards to patients, Reyes
said he will no longer feel like a criminal and fear prosecution.
"It will improve my life," Reyes said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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HerbGateBreaking news: 2009-05-29 MC2 doctor's
offices raided/robbed by unknown criminals, this past weekend. Motives unknown too.... Computers and stuff ripped off. We will post information as we get it. These are fine folks doing good work, why would anyone
steal this stuff, at this time?
21:23:51 2009-05-28
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A local lady wrote in about another recent situation, contrasting it with the horrific crimes being perpetrated by the SD District Attorney
against medical cannabis caregivers, who were just delivering to the sick.
Oscar worked at a pipe shop in PB and gave away samples of marijuana along with his phone number and told the narc that he would sell marijuana to them.
I see no evidence of any attempts made by the police to purchase marijuana etc. He was originally charged with two felonys and two misdemeanors, then allowed
to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges. This is an example of the Endless Summer/Nightmare sting,
being focused and and prosecuted more harshly than medical cannabis providers.
* editors note: why is this person allowed to walk away with a misdemeanor charge while honorable medical cannabis caregivers, who obey the law, get charged with felonies?
Because of Bonnie!
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Medicinal or illegal? Advocates of medical
marijuana are at odds with those who believe pot is a dangerous drug SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE, RALPH W. PARTRIDGE, FEBRUARY 8, 2009
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