Tag: Tom Ammiano

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June 5, 2014
06/05/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.04)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.04)

In a historic vote, the House tells the DEA and Justice Department to butt out of medical marijuana states, limited CBD medical marijuana bills are signed into...
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June 4, 2013
06/04/2013
AB 473 Falls Short in California Assembly

AB 473 Falls Short in California Assembly

The California Assembly rejected AB 473 on Friday. The 35-37 vote means the effort by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-SF) to regulate commercial medical cannabis activity in the state will...
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May 13, 2013
05/13/2013
California Supreme Court Ruling Puts the Ball in Our Court

California Supreme Court Ruling Puts the Ball in Our Court

The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that medical cannabis dispensaries are legal under state law, but cities and counties can still ban them. The decision in City of Riverside...
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March 21, 2013
03/21/2013
California Bill Would Create New Regulations for Medical Marijuana Industry

California Bill Would Create New Regulations for Medical Marijuana Industry

California’s medical marijuana industry would be overseen by a Sacramento-level bureaucracy under AB 473, a reform bill introduced Tuesday by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco.
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September 19, 2012
09/19/2012
California Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Bill Signed Into Law

California Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Bill Signed Into Law

03:06pm California Gov. Jerry Brown Monday signed into law Assembly Bill 472, the “911 Good Samaritan Bill,” aimed at reducing fatal drug overdoses by removing the threat of...
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August 29, 2012
08/29/2012
California Drug Overdose Prevention Bill Passes

California Drug Overdose Prevention Bill Passes

04:18pm A bill aimed at saving the lives of drug overdose victims by protecting those who would come to their assistance from prosecution on drug charges...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Exclusive Video: Funeral for Shuttered SF Dispensaries

Exclusive Video: Funeral for Shuttered SF Dispensaries

San Francisco, CA – On August 1, 2012, San Francisco weedists rallied with a funeral procession to mourn the shuttering of two medical marijuana dispensaries that have served the...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

06:22pm, (Issue #744) Harborside fights for its life, LA bans dispensaries, and Oregon transplant hospitals are lightening up on medical marijuana patients. Those are the big...
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June 25, 2012
06/25/2012
CA Assembly Bill 2312 to Regulate Medical Marijuana Postponed

CA Assembly Bill 2312 to Regulate Medical Marijuana Postponed

Assembly member Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) postponed a meeting for a Senate committee to vote on Assembly Bill 2312, which would have founded a nine member board tasked with...
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May 31, 2012
05/31/2012
California Assembly Approves Landmark Medical Cannabis Bill

California Assembly Approves Landmark Medical Cannabis Bill

Congratulations to Tom Ammiano (D-SF), on crossing a major hurdle with AB 2312!  AB 2312 would allow “collectives, cooperatives, and other business entities to cultivate, acquire, process,...
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