Welcome to the April/May 420 issue of NUG Magazine!

Most of you have probably already noticed that we took the month of March off from our print schedule, but what you may not have known is that we moved our offices, circled the wagons and regrouped, and now are back to work! We have also been posting new content on our website, so make sure to log on...

April 18th, 2012 | Featured, News | Read More

San Diego Police Seize Child after Failing to Prosecute a Legal Medical Marijuana Patient

Last month, NUG received a letter from San Diego resident Larissa Danielli who had her child seized by police because of their inability to prosecute her, a legal medical marijuana patient, in California. On November 3, 2011, Larissa’s busy, steady life — as a mother, business owner, taxpayer,...

April 4th, 2012 | Featured, News | Read More

Candelight Vigil to Commemerate the Death of the Compassionate Use Act in San Diego!

Source: Patient Care Association of California (PCA) When: Wednesday, February 15th at 4:20pm Where: In Front of the San Diego City Attorney’s Office, San Diego Civic Center Plaza, 1200 Third Ave, San Diego, CA 92100 RSVP:http://www.facebook.com/events/290168584371983/ , http://www.citizens4patientrights.org As...

February 10th, 2012 | Activism, Featured, News | Read More

G. Love & The Special Sauce Ticket Giveaway!

That’s right we are giving away a few pairs of tickets to see G. Love & The Special Sauce in San Diego, CA! How can you win? It’s simple “Like” our FB page & Follow us on twitter.com/nugmag and on our FB Page we uploaded the poster… and just Like the poster! You can even comment on...

February 2nd, 2012 | Featured, News | Read More

Battle for Medicinal Marijuana Access is Far From Over

By Esther Rubio-Sheffrey  Last April, despite large opposition, even from its own appointed Medical Marijuana Task Force, the city council voted 5-2 in favor of two zoning ordinances that would have effectively banned safe access to medicinal marijuana throughout San Diego. Unwilling to accept defeat,...

February 1st, 2012 | News | Read More

We’re still here! February 2012 issue of NUG hits the streets!

Welcome to the February issue of NUG Magazine, San Diego’s Original Cannabis Publication, and from the looks of things – the ONLY one left! As I stated last month, it has been a tough couple of months for the San Diego medical cannabis community. The raids last month on multiple collectives have...

February 1st, 2012 | Featured, News | Read More

The Expendables Ticket Giveaway!

That’s right we are giving away a few pairs of tickets to see The Expendables in San Diego, CA! How can you win? It’s simple “Like” our FB page & Follow us on twitter.com/nugmag and on our FB Page we uploaded the poster… and just Like the poster! You can even comment on them! The more you...

January 31st, 2012 | Featured, News | Read More

Happy New Year from NUG!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thanks for picking up another issue of NUG Magazine. 2011 was an up and down rollercoaster ride in the cannabis community and, unfortunately, ended on quite a downturn. But as I always say, “2 steps forward and 1 step back is still 1 step forward!” When I think back over the last...

January 4th, 2012 | Featured, News | Read More

Jacob Huerta: Fundraiser

Wed, Jan. 4, 2012 | 11am-6pm Cheba Hut is setting up a booth and helping us collect donations for Jacob Huerta. We will be donating grind-tainers, glass jars, and T-shirts. Donations $3.00 and under get a free grindtainer. Donations $5.00 and up pick a glass container or a T-shirt. About Jacob: Jacob...

December 29th, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More

December 2011 NUG Magazine

Welcome to another issue of NUG Magazine, San Diego’s Original Cannabis Publication! Last month we all took some time to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, and we here at NUG have a lot to be thankful for! We want to send a special thanks to all of our advertisers, previous and current! We appreciate...

December 7th, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More

GOP Congressman’s Daughter, Briana Bilbray, Joins Injunction to Stop Crack Down on Med. Marijuana in California

According to the Huffington Post “Cancer patient Briana Bilbray joined San Diego pot dispensaries on Monday in filing an injunction to end the federal crackdown on medical marijuana. Bilbray, 25, is the daughter of U.S. Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.), who represents the northern coastal region...

November 8th, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More

November 2011 NUG Magazine

Welcome to another issue of NUG Magazine. Obviously by now, you have realized that our page count has dropped this month. Not to worry, we will still be bringing you just as much information and articles as usual, but some of our usual features will now be online only here at www.nugmag.com, so make...

November 2nd, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More

Patient Care Association of California Rally/March!

We, the Patient Care Association of California, would like to announce a rally/march in opposition to recent actions by the US Attorney Laura Duffy and City Attorney Jan Goldsmith on Tuesday, October 18th at noon from the San Diego Civic Center Plaza to the Federal Building. Participating allies in...

October 17th, 2011 | News | Read More

October 2011 NUG hits the streets of San Diego!

Welcome to another issue of NUG Magazine, San Diego’s Original Cannabis Publication! It seems like last month flew by in the blink of an eye, and getting back in the groove of the school year schedule as a parent kicks my ass every year! Why can’t summer be longer?!?! Anyways, we are back in full...

October 1st, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More

City Council Votes to Repeal Medical Marijuana Consumer Cooperatives Land Use Ordinance

By: Terrie Best, San Diego Americans for Safe Access In the afternoon session of today’s San Diego City Council Meeting, The Council voted 7 to 1 to repeal the restrictive zoning ordinance which, if allowed to pass would have identified zones for medical marijuana collectives to exist but at the same...

September 27th, 2011 | Articles, Featured, News | Read More

9.9.9. Raids Remembered

Courtesy of D.A. Mantis By: Eugene Davidovich The month of September has eternally been etched into memories of medical marijuana patients in San Diego. September 9th, marks the second anniversary of District Attorney (DA) Bonnie Dumanis’ Operation Green Rx raids; the largest one day swat style assault...

September 9th, 2011 | Activism, Articles, Featured, News | Read More

San Diego bank welcomes medical cannabis community business

By: Dion Markgraaff At the July monthly meeting of San Diego ASA, Angela M. Davies of Home Bank of California came out to say that their family owned and run bank was open to the medical cannabis community. This is a significant sign of the development in the evolution of banking institutions. Over the...

August 31st, 2011 | News | Read More

NUG Magazine is GROWING!

National NUG Publisher’s Letter Welcome to your inaugural issue of NUG Magazine! We have been receiving requests to bring our publication to other states for a long time and are excited that the time has finally arrived. NUG Magazine is originally from San Diego, where our large monthly issue began...

August 31st, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More

ASA California Tour is coming to San Diego

Dear ASA Members and Friends, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is visiting cities all over California to train and empower medical cannabis patients, providers, and advocates. We will be conducting a free Know-Your-Rights and Raid Preparedness Training in each city, followed by very special city-wide...

August 30th, 2011 | Activism, Featured, News | Read More

A Light at the End of the Tunnel

A Light at the End of the Tunnel By: Eugene Davidovich It is no secret that medical marijuana patients in San Diego have been historically treated as second class citizens by our local elected officials. The County Board of Supervisors has done all it can to restrict access, District Attorney Bonnie...

August 23rd, 2011 | Featured, News | Read More

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