NEWS: Medical Marijuana Drive May Force Undo in San Diego

San Diego, CA - Advocates of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city may have gathered enough signatures to force the City Council to either hold a special election at a cost of millions or kill its plans to drastically curtail the shops, CityBeat reports. The signatures are due Friday and still need to be verified. "I would suspect the council would vote to repeal it in order to save the taxpayers the cost of $3 million at a time when we're trying to restore library hours," Councilman Todd Gloria told the paper.

Source: Voice of San Diego

Silverlake Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Collectives and Co-operatives

Sunset Junction Organic Medicine
4017 W. Sunset Blvd. [map]
Silverlake, CA 90029
Hours: Mon-Sun 11am to 8pm
Phone: 323-660-0655
Website: sunsetjunctionmeds.com

Long Beach Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Collectives and Co-ops

1 Love Beach Club
2767 E Broadway [map]
Long Beach, CA 90803
Hours: Mon-Sat 11am to 8pm, Sun 12am to 5pm
Phone: 562-343-5388
E-Mail: info@1love420.com
Web: http://www.1love420.com

562 Discount Meds
2025 E 10th St. [map]
Long Beach, CA 90804
Phone: 562-343-7007
Web: lbmmd.com

Alternative Therapeutic Solutions
5707 Atlantic Ave [map]
Long Beach, CA 90805
Phone: 562-428-7033
Fax: 562-372-3315
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am to 7pm
Web: facebook.com/ATS.MEDS
Twitter: twitter.com/ATSMEDS

Avalon Wellness Collective

1302 Gaylord [map]
Long Beach, CA 90813
Phone: 562-628-8881
Web: Weed Maps

Belmont Shore Natural Care
5375 E 2nd St., Long Beach, CA 90803
Phone: 562-987-0210
Hours: Mon-Sun 9:00am to 7pm
Website: belmontshorenaturalcare.com

C.A.R.E. Collective
3009 E. South Street [map]
Long Beach, CA 90805
Phone: 562-633-5874

Chronic Pain Releaf Center
1501 Santa Fe Ave. [map]
Long Beach, CA 90813
Hours: Mon-Sun 9am to 7pm
Phone: 562-432-5555
Website: http://www.myreleaf.com

Cornerstone Health & Wellness

1838 E. Wardlow St.
Long Beach, CA 90807
Phone: 562-426-9800
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am to 8pm, Sun 10am to 5pm
Website: cornerstonemeds.com/

Dank Depot
5595 E. 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90804
Phone: 562-597-6041
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am to 8pm
Website: http://www.DankDepot.com
E-Mail: dank_depot@yahoo.com

Green Earth Center
3748 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807 [map]
Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm
Phone: 562-989-0300
Email: info@greenearthcenter.com
Web: greenearthcenter.blogspot.com



Greenhouse Caregivers
1428 W. Willow St. Long Beach, CA 90810 [map]
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am to 8pm
Phone: 562-290-8180
Email: ghcaregivers@verizon.net

Herbal Solutions:

1. 1206 E. Wardlow Rd. Long Beach, CA - 562-997-2929 - Hours: Daily 10am-8pm
2. 5746 E. 2nd St. Long Beach, CA - 562-434-5075 - Hours: Daily 10am-8p

High Quiggle Healing Center
1532 E. Broadway [map and more]
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562-951-3975
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am to 8:00pm, Sun 1:00pm to 8:00pm
Email: 420firestarter@gmail.com

Industry Green Collective
2200 N. Lakewood Blvd. [map]
Long Beach, CA 90815
Phone: 562-986-9400
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm

Irie Collective
1424 E. Broadway Ave. [map]
Long Beach, CA 90802
Hours: Mon-Sun 10am to 7pm
Phone: 562-432-2111

Long Beach Collective
1731 E. Artesia Blvd. [map]
Long Beach, CA 90805
Hours: Mon-Sat 9am to 7pm, Sun 10am to 7pm
Phone: 562-934-2520

Long Beach Green Room
1735 E. 7th St. [map]
Long Beach, CA 90813
Hours: Mon-Sun 9am to 7pm
Phone: 562-591-0001

Natural Solutions
2130 W. Cowles St. [map]
Long Beach, CA 90813
Phone: 562-425-8310

NatureCann
4340 Atlantic Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90807
Hours: Mon-Sat 11am to 8pm, Sun 12pm to 5pm
Phone: 323-515-4500
Website: www.naturecann.com
Email: info@naturecann.com

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NEWS: Two California Patients to Begin Federal Sentences

On Monday, May 2, at 2pm, medical cannabis patients Dr. Mollie Fry and her husband, attorney Dale Schafer, will turn themselves in to federal authorities in Sacramento, California to begin serving five year prison terms for cultivating cannabis.

Their family and friends, advocates from Americans for Safe Access, and other supporters will hold a rally and press conference at the federal courthouse in Sacramento beginning at 1pm.

A clemency petition was filed at the end of April on their behalf in the federal Eastern District Court of Sacramento and sent to President Obama in an effort to avoid or shorten their imprisonment.

Dr. Fry and Mr. Schafer were prosecuted in federal court for cultivating cannabis, though they were both qualified patients and never had more than 44 plants. Federal prosecutors successfully argued that they were guilty of felony cultivation and conspiracy that carries five-year mandatory minimum sentences because the number of plants they would have grown over several years added up to more than 100.

Dr. Fry used cannabis to ease the effects of chemotherapy used to treat breast cancer; she had a radical mastectomy in 1997. Her experience led her to start a specialized clinic for medical cannabis patients.

Mr. Schafer, an attorney, used cannabis to manage chronic back pain and symptoms related to his hemophilia. A candidate for district attorney in Eldorado County in 2001 and a contributor to the county's guidelines on cultivation, Schafer also taught cultivation classes for other patients and provided free medicine.

On September 28, 2001, more than 20 state and federal agents raided their home and offices, seizing 34 plants and less than 2 pounds of cannabis. Dr. Fry's private patient records were also seized.

Nearly four years later, in June 2005, Dr Fry and Mr. Schafer were arrested on federal charges of manufacturing and conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. They were convicted at trial in August 2007 and sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Frank Damrell to 5 years each. They also had their licenses to practice medicine and law revoked.

They lost their appeal in November 2010, and in March Judge Damrell ordered them to surrender on May 2nd.

More information:
Clemency Petition
Background on Dr. Mollie Fry & Dale Schafer

Source: Americans for Safe Access (ASA)