August Public Meeting

Americans for Safe Access, San Luis Obispo Chapter

Our next monthly meeting is:

Tuesday, August 17 (3rd Tuesday of the month) at 7:00 pm at
Studio 23 Salon, 570 Higuera (in the Creamery), Suite 235 (creekside, upstairs)
Access the salon from either Higuera or Nipomo Streets. The salon entrance is in the back part of the Creamery, along the creek between the sushi restaurant and Arts Obispo. Please note that the salon is located on the 2nd floor, and there is no elevator.

Let’s try and make it a good turnout: we have a meeting location this month that is quiet, and you won’t have to buy something to eat/drink, as at our past restaurant locales.

Also, we need your involvement! Morro Bay is trying to ban any hope of a dispensary, due to a local petition drive that has gotten an initiative to ban dispensaries onto the November ballot in that city. The repressive atmosphere here in SLO County continues (eg: the overkill raid in Pozo at the 420 Festival in April). Our recently-formed ASA chapter needs a couple of volunteers for unfilled Board positions.

Working toward greater safe access, we look forward to seeing you August 17th.

July Public Meeting

Please join us at our next public meeting on Sunday, July 11th at 12:30 pm. The meeting will be held at Woodstocks Pizza, 1000 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo.


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San Luis Obispo ASA Public Meeting

Please join us at our next public meeting on Sunday, June 6th at 2:00 pm. The meeting will be held at Players Restaurant, 8845 El Camino Real in Atascadero.



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Join ASA at the Cheech and Chong Show

The San Luis Obispo Chapter of ASA will host a booth at the Cheech and Chong - Get It Legal Tour. The show is on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 5:30 pm at the Avila Beach Resort located 6464 Ana Bay Drive, Avila Beach.

ASA Members will be offered a $13 discount off the regular ticket price. Becoming a member of ASA is only a voluntary donation of $15, so if you're going to the show anyway, you're only spending an extra $2 and helping out ASA at the same time!

If you're interested in becoming a member and receiving a discount code, just contact us at join@sloasa.org.

San Luis Obispo ASA Public Meeting

Please join us for our next meeting on Sunday, April 11th at 2:00 pm.

The meeting will be held in the pool house at the Lost Oak Mobile Home Park at 9191 San Diego Way, Atascadero.


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Are You Cannabis Deficient?

If the idea of having a marijuana deficiency sounds laughable to you, a growing body of science points at exactly such a possibility. Scientists have known that the active psychoactive compound in marijuana is THC, which is short for tetrahydrocannabinol.

In August 1990, researchers reported in the journal Nature the discovery of receptors in the brain that specifically accommodate the cannabinoids in pot. Cannabinoids bind to particular neurological sites in the brain, as though the brain was specifically designed to utilize this plant. Did nature toss cannabinoid receptors into the brain by random chance? Are cannabinoid receptors part of an intelligent design for deriving maximum benefit from cannabis? Is cannabis a divine elixir of sacred communion for which we are ideally suited? Actually, a more sober answer seems likely. When there are receptors in the brain for a particular type of compound, that compound is made in the brain. This is true of many important agents that work to transmit brain messages of all types. So a hunt began to find such a compound.

Read the rest of the article at Foxnews.com

Atascadero CA Council Mtg to Ban Med MJ Facilities

This coming Tuesday, March 23, 2010, The Atascadero City Council will introduce an ordinance for “first reading, by title only,” to prohibit the establishment and operation of medical marijuana facilities in the City of Atascadero. This would be a permanent prohibition. Even worse, it will apply not only to dispensary facilities, but also to the delivery of medical marijuana to any patient living within the Atascadero city limits.

If you are in the Central Coast area, you are urged to attend this meeting and voice your support that the Council continue this item to give the matter additional review and consideration. The meeting is scheduled to begin sometime after 6:00 pm (probably closer to 7:00 pm), as soon as a redevelopment agency meeting finishes.

Atascadero City Hall is located at 6907 El Camino Real in the new Colony Square. You are also encouraged to mail letters to that address, call City Hall (8:00 am to 5:00 pm) at 805-461-500, or email the Council. Also, atascadero.org will take you to the City’s home page.

The Central Coast has now formed a San Luis Obispo Chapter of Americans for Safe Access, the national advocacy organization that focuses solely on medical marijuana access and use issues. Join us!