State Sen. Carole Migden Introduces Resolution Calling on Federal Government to Take Action

Dear ASA Supporter,

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) and medical cannabis patients were excited to
hear today that State Senator Carole Migden introduced a California Senate
Joint Resolution calling on Congress, the President, and federal law
enforcement to stop raiding legal medical cannabis collectives and respect
California’s law.
Senator Migden’s resolution follows an unprecedented escalation in Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) attacks on medical cannabis providers and
threats against property owners who rent to hundreds of collectives all over
California.

Senator Migden uses strong and clear language, calling on the federal
government to take action:

"Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly,
That the Legislature respectfully memorializes the Congress and President of
the United States to enact legislation to require the Drug Enforcement Agency
and all other federal agencies and departments to respect the compassionate use
laws of states, including returning any assets seized from medical marijuana
dispensaries and collectives to the states in which they are located…"

ASA and an ad-hoc coalition of reform organizations have been reaching out to
California elected officials since letters threatening property owners began
arriving last summer. The Senator’s resolution is the highest profile example
to date of growing dissatisfaction among California leaders, who increasingly
see DEA activity as undue interference in the state’s right to implement
medical cannabis laws and regulate providers. Senator Migden joins Los Angeles
City Council Member Dennis Zine,
Orange
County Supervisor Chris Norby, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums,

and others in opposing the DEA actions.

Support from our state officials is a crucial element in ASA’s ongoing effort
to stop the DEA attacks on patients’ access to medicine. This is exactly the
kind of support that US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers needs
to bolster his promised investigation of DEA conduct in California
. ASA and our allies applaud
Senator Migden’s initiative and urge her colleagues in the California
legislature to move quickly to adopt the resolution.

ASA is working everyday to defend safe access in states where it is legal and
to eliminate federal barriers to access and research. The Senator’s resolution
is just another example of how we are moving forward. We can not keep doing
this work without your support, so please join ASA or make an extra
contribution today!

Sincerely,

Don Duncan
California Director
Americans for Safe Access