Press Release: Protest To Federal Charges

Who: James Dean Stacy raided and arrested on 9/9/9

What: Federal preemption of state law protest

Where: Federal Court House San Diego 940 Front St.

When: Thursday, Oct. 8^th 8:00am Court at 9am

Why: To protect our rights

Attn: General public

On 09/09/09 the Movement In Action collective was raided by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department after a four month investigation. MIA is a legal Non-profit collective and we don’t know why James Stacy is being charged in Federal Court, but we believe that this is an attempt to terrorize the medical cannabis community. Movement In Action is in compliance with State Laws and Bonnie Dumanis has to justify the money that they have wasted on this investigation. If we allow the local authorities to close legal collectives here they will close down the collectives in your area too.

If you want to be proactive please join us and pass this message to all your friends and acquaintances that feel like we do. We appreciate your support. The more of us there are the stronger our message. Please help us help you defend our rights.

Thanks,

MIA Staff

Movement In Action

1050 S. Santa Fe Ave.

Vista, CA 92084

www.movementinaction.org

movementinaction@gmail.com

(760) 500-8868

COURT SUPPORT FOR JOSEPH MALONE and JOVAN JACKSON TOMORROW 9am!!

Come out and Support the Victims of Bonnies Operation Green Rx.
Your support is needed in court!

San Diego Superior Court, 220 West Broadway, downtown San Diego

1. Court Hearing for Joseph Malone - 9:00 AM - Department 11, will be assigned a trial courtroom from Department 11. Joseph is on trial for operating a medical cannabis collective. Joseph had all possible documentation and licensing to run a storefront collective. His Case numers is SCD215316-01

2. Court Hearing for Jovan Jackson - 9:00 AM Jovan Dept 53 - Alleged to operate the Answerdam collective. Jovan Jackson has been held without bail for the past month for trying to represent himself. Casse CD222791-01. It is unknown at this time if they will attempt to proceed with trial on Friday.

The harrassment, vindictive prosecution, and the continued destruction of innocent people's lives must stop. These victims need your support in court. Please come tomorrow and show the judge and jury that the community as a whole is watching.

Help Stop Operation Green Rx!!

Don't let San Diego's district attorney get away with hurting medical marijuana patients!

You won’t believe what’s happening on your dime!
San Diego law enforcement called in the DEA this month to assist with SWAT-style raids of 14 medical marijuana dispensaries. Local and federal authorities arrested dozens of people and physically accosted at least one patient.

We have to stop the district attorney behind this persecution campaign!

News footage even shows local police pulling a handcuffed patient out of his wheelchair.

Sign the petition calling for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to rein in the district attorney who orchestrated the raids.

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has long defied California's medical marijuana law.

Now she's using federal resources to crack down on dispensaries and aid her re-election campaign.

Don’t let a rogue prosecutor and the DEA use any more of your tax dollars to hurt patients and harass the people who provide their medicine.

Join me in urging the governor and attorney general to hold Dumanis accountable.

Sincerely,

Bill Piper
Director, Office of National Affairs
Drug Policy Alliance Network

Donna Lambert Request for Court Support and Phone Calls to District Attorney

Hello Friends and Supporters! Today and anytime this week would be a very helpful time to call the district attorney, Steve Walters at (619)531-3784.

Please ask them to drop the Medical Marijuana case against Donna Lambert (ACL004). I helped a valid qualified medical marijuana patient (also an undercover cop - who had lied to a doctor about his symptoms to obtain a valid recommendation) twice. Although I have yet to see a signed copy of an arrest warrant, a swat style raid was conducted on my house, assault rifles pointed at me, I was taken to jail, my home destroyed, and I am now facing trial, EVEN THOUGH THE JUDGE AT MY PRELIMINARY HEARING RULED THAT I WAS "CLEARLY NOT IN IT FOR PROFIT".

My next court date is Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 at 1:30pm at the Downtown San Diego Courthouse, at 220 W. Broadway in Dept. 53.

Any and all court support is welcome. I admit that I am afraid, I do have a lot of anxiety about all this. At the same time, I know I have not broken the law. I was 100% within the intention of the medical marijuana laws that intended to facilitate the safe and affordable distribution of medical marijuana to qualified medical marijuana patients... The law provides exemption for prosecution for medical marijuana sales between qualified patients as long as it is not done for profit. This has been established in my case.

Unfortunately, I have been told by attorneys from all over the state that I have O% (zero) chance of receiving any fairness or respect for the law in San Diego Courts. To date, we are unaware of any cases for medical marijuana cases that have been dismissed in San Diego County, due to its longstanding war on medical marijuana, and its attempt to overturn the state medical marijuana laws.

I hope you can join me in my struggle, and my attempt to find justice and respect for medical marijuana patients and the medical marijuana community at large. If you have a chance to come down to the courthouse next Thursday afternoon to see how the courts treat medical marijuana, please join me. Believe me, it is a learning experience!

If you do not have time, are far away, or have to work, perhaps you could make a phone call on my behalf, I would greatly appreciate it. The person to call is District Attorney - head of Narcotics Steve Walters at (619)531-3784. He is a very reasonable individual and I am sure he will consider your input. You do need to have anything brilliant to say. Feel free to say whatever is on your mind, and please include a request to drop the pending medical marijuana case against Donna Lambert (ACL004). Thank You very much.

Donna Lambert

COURT SUPPORT - JOSEPH MALONE - TODAY

Please come out for Court Support Today!

Joseph Malone

8/20/2009 - Department 11 - 8:15am

San Diego Superior Court

220 W Broadway San Diego, CA 92101

www.safeaccesssd.org

Law Enforcement Concerns about Medical Marijuana - COMMENTS NEEDED

According to a recent survey of several cities located in California, the major concerns regarding medical marijuana for law enforcement include:

• It violates Federal Law
• Street dealers selling at lower prices to entice patients away from dispensaries
• Non-residents coming into the city to purchase marijuana
• Marijuana DUI by people who have obtained drug from the dispensary
• Neighboring businesses have experienced a loss of customers
• Increase in unreported crime to avoid negative publicity to the dispensary
• Problem of patients selling to non-patients
• Documented cases of robbery outside marijuana dispensaries
• Dispensaries create alternative methods to sell products-such as food items
• Complaints from patients that other illegal drugs are being sold from dispensary
• Marijuana dispensaries perpetuate a sub-culture that openly supports behavior consistent with criminal activity and publishes instructional material on the web
• Management from an established dispensary told police that they cannot keep the criminal element out.

Please send your comments / rebuttals on the above soncerns to info@nugmag.com or post your comments here. A compilation of the best comments will be published in the next issue!

For more information on the magazine, check out: www.nugmag.com

Escondido (San Diego) Medical Cannabis BAN

Escondido (San Diego) has passed an outwright BAN on (dispensaries, collectives, and coops) refuses to study the issue.

According to Americans For Save Access, outwright bans are illegal, and cities that pass them are setting themselves up for lawsuits.

Watch the Fox 5 video and interview with Stephen Wheeler of Escondido.:
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=899c18e5-b235-4f9a-b541-30a494a18d44&src=front