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ASA's Summary of Medical Marijuana Media

    * ASA IN THE NEWS: Much to Say on Dispensaries
    * ILLINOIS: New Bill Advances Out of Committee
    * NEW MEXICO: Political Stunt Kills Cannabis Bill
    * HAWAII: A Few Brave Doctors Lead the Way
    * CANADA: Activists Fight for Access
    * CALIFORNIA: Dispensary Debates
    * CALIFORNIA: ID Cards

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ASA IN THE NEWS: Much to Say on Dispensaries

When issues about medical marijuana are being debated, ASA makes sure 
the perspective of patients is being heard. This week, the issue has 
been dispensaries in California, and ASA activists and experts have been 
speaking out.

No end, win in sight in dispute over marijuana dispensaries 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3101>
by Herbert A. Sample, Sacramento Bee 
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/13854392.htm>
In the past few months, this city enacted an ordinance regulating 
medical marijuana shops, federal authorities raided one of the 
dispensaries and advocates protested the crackdown by openly giving free 
marijuana to ill patients in a city plaza. Steph Sherer, executive 
director of Americans for Safe Access, contended that when the federal 
government confronts one of the more than 100 dispensaries in the state, 
it suffers a public relations defeat.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3101

Palm Desert acts to pull license of pot shop 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3100>
by K. Kaufmann, Desert Sun 
<http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060214/NEWS01/602140335/1006>
The Palm Desert City Council has taken a first step toward revoking the 
business license for CannaHelp, the medical marijuana dispensary on El 
Paseo. Medical marijuana advocates are planning a protest for Feb. 23, 
said Ryan Michaels, Riverside County coordinator for Americans for Safe 
Access.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3100


San Marcos Bans Businesses from Distributing Medical Marijuana 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3098>
Associated Press 
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/13880224.htm>
San Marcos became the first city in San Diego County to ban businesses 
from distributing medical marijuana. Statewide, 49 cities have prevented 
new medical marijuana dispensaries from opening, 15 cities have banned 
them and 24 cities have established regulations for dispensaries, 
according to the medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3098

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ILLINOIS: New Bill Advances Out of Committee

The state legislature has considered similar measures in previous 
sessions, but the movement to allow the legal use of medical cannabis in 
Illinois is gaining momentum. The state Senate has passed a bill through 
committee.

Illinois May Permit Use Of Medical Marijuana 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3105>
CBS 2 News Chicago 
<http://cbs2chicago.com/health/local_story_046165559.html>
Illinois could soon be the 12th state to permit the use of medical 
marijuana. On Tuesday, a bill that would protect patients from arrest 
for using it passed a Senate committee by a 6-5 vote.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3105

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NEW MEXICO: Political Stunt Kills Cannabis Bill

Despite the support of the governor and a bipartisan coalition of 
legislators – not to mention the state citizenry – the New Mexico 
legislature failed to pass a medical cannabis bill this session. It was 
feared dead in committee, but passed at the 11th hour, only to be 
scuttled by a Republican stalling tactic that blocked many bills.

Republican slowdown in New Mexico legislature kills medical marijuana 
bill <http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3102>
by Steve Terrell, Free New Mexican 
<http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/39604.html>
In the last hours of its 2006 regular session, both chambers of the New 
Mexico Legislature bogged down to a tar-pit pace. In the House on 
Thursday, some Republicans purposely engaged in a slowdown. Just like 
last year, the medical-marijuana bill -- passed by the House Judiciary 
Committee in a meeting that took place shortly before 4 a.m. -- died on 
the House floor awaiting a floor hearing.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3102

House Committee Shelves Medical Marijuana Bill 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3110>
by Heather Clark, Associated Press 
<http://www.abqjournal.com/news/xgr/apmarimed02-11-06.htm>
A House panel has shelved a Senate-passed bill that would have allowed 
patients suffering from illnesses like cancer or AIDS to use marijuana 
prescribed by a doctor to alleviate their pain.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3110

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HAWAII: A Few Brave Doctors Lead the Way

The hesitancy of many physicians to write recommendations for patients 
who they believe could be helped has been well documented in California. 
Threats of sanction have led many doctors to refer their patients to 
those specialists who are willing to write them. While it creates an 
unnecessary barrier for patients, the benefit is the same as with all 
specialists: they understand the issues and medication.

Medical marijuana: Still an outlaw? 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3107>
by Clynton Namuo, Pacific Business News 
<http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2006/02/13/story3.html>
Five years after Hawaii adopted its medical marijuana law, 3,000 people 
have registered to use the drug but only a handful of doctors -- most of 
them on the Big Island -- are certifying their need to be treated with it.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3107

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CANADA: Activists Fight for Access

The reputation Canada enjoys as sensible on the subject of medical 
cannabis is well founded, but government restrictions and rigidity on 
who can grow it continues to create conflict with patients and activists.


Pot meeting uncovers no new ground 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3113>
by Don Descoteau, Victoria News 
<http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=23&id=592164&more=>
Victoria's two compassion clubs are operating illegally, that much 
appears clear. Apparently, the chances of either the Vancouver Island 
Compassion Society or the Cannabis Buyers Club receiving a legal 
exemption to provide medical marijuana for their members is slim at this 
point.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3113
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CALIFORNIA: Dispensary Debates

The questions California cities and counties are facing on the 
regulation of medical cannabis dispensaries is the subject of continuing 
debate. Patients and dispensary operators around the state are stepping 
forward to educate their representatives about the issues.

Put right issues on the front burner 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3109>
by Phil Strickland, The Californian 
<http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/14/opinion/strickland/21306192115.txt>
Let's get this straight. It's OK to annoy, at the least, nonsmokers with 
secondhand smoke on publicly owned property, but how dare you take a 
puff of pot in the privacy of your home to ease the pain of dying?
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3109

City council extends ban on medical marijuana 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3103>
by Abby Souza, Turlock Journal 
<http://www.turlockjournal.com/articles/2006/02/16/news/news2.txt>
Turlock's ban on medical marijuana just got a little longer. At its Jan. 
10 meeting, Turlock City Council approved an emergency 45-day moratorium 
on creating medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3103

City may delay decision to pull marijuana dispensary's license 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3112>
by K. Kaufmann, Desert Sun (CA) 
<http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060217/UPDATE/602170353>
A public hearing to revoke the business license of a medical marijuana 
dispensary in Palm Desert slated for Thursday may be put on hold.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3112

Judge 's decision closes medical marijuana dispensary in Atascadero 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3111>
by Nick Wilson, San Luis Obispo Tribune (CA) 
<http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/13899642.htm>
A Superior Court judge ruled today against the Atascadero business that 
has been dispensing medical marijuana the past two weeks under a 
temporary restraining order.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3111

San Marcos bans medical marijuana dispensaries 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3099>
by David Sterrett, North County Times 
<http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/15/news/top_stories/21_58_552_14_06.txt>
The City Council voted Tuesday to ban businesses from distributing 
medical marijuana in San Marcos, becoming the first city in the county 
to introduce such a law.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3099

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CALIFORNIA: ID Cards

The state legislature mandated the local issuance of ID cards to medical 
cannabis patients more than a year ago, but the programs are only just 
getting started and not all counties are meeting their obligations. The 
cards are intended to protect patients from arrest, which also allows 
law enforcement resources to be better used.

Supes OK Medical Marijuana IDs 
<http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3104>
by Luke Roney, Hollister Free Lance 
<http://hollisterfreelance.com/news/contentview.asp?c=178997>
While the Board of Supervisors complied with state law Tuesday and 
approved a county program to issue medical marijuana identification 
cards to afflicted locals, supervisors made it clear that they did not 
want marijuana to be dispensed within the county.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3104

ID Cards Nixed in Tuolumne <http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3106>
by Joshua Wolfson, Union-Democrat 
<http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=19677>
A program to provide identification cards to Tuolumne County medical 
marijuana patients failed to win county approval yesterday.
http://safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=3106


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FOR MORE MEDICAL MARIJUANA NEWS
Previous News Summaries from Americans for Safe Access are archived. The 
complete text of all these articles and more is available by clicking 
the links on the article name or the news source, as well as at the ASA 
website, safeacccessnow.org. You can also see the latest news for the 
week by selecting "News Articles" under the Press Room menu.

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