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Advisory Boards

In order to remain accountable to the community we serve and to broaden the expertise we can bring to bear, ASA works with legal, political, and medical advisory boards.

Legal Advisory Board

Attorneys and others from the legal community are coming together to advance safe access to medical marijuana

Dan Abrahamson

Director of Legal Affairs at Drug Policy Alliance in Berkeley, CA

Leland R. Berger

Attorney at Law in Portland, OR

Graham Boyd

Director of ACLU Drug Law Reform Project in Santa Cruz, CA

Joe Elford

Staff Attorney at Americans for Safe Acccess in Berkeley, CA

Bob Eye

Attorney at Law in Topeka, KS

Dale Gieringer

State Coordinator of California NORML in San Francisco, CA

Kris Hermes

Legal Campaign Director at Americans for Safe Access in Oakland, CA

Douglas Hiatt

Attorney at Law in Seattle, WA

Allen Hopper

Senior Staff Attorney at ACLU Drug Law Reform Project in Santa Cruz, CA

Sean McAllister

Attorney at Law and Sensible Colorado Board Member in Breckenridge, CO

William Panzer

Attorney at Law in Oakland, CA

Robert Raich

Attorney at Law in Oakland, CA

Steph Sherer

Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access in Berkeley, CA

Jeffrey Steinborn

Attorney at Law in Seattle, WA

Brian Vicente

Director of Sensible Colorado in Denver, CO

Lynne Williams

Attorney at Law and Regional VP of National Lawyers Guild in Bar Harbor, ME

Barbara Yaley

Private Investigator in Berkeley, CA

Medical and Scientific Advisory Board

Americans for Safe Access is pleased to announce the formation of our Medical and Scientific Advisory Board. Comprised of leading medical and scientific experts, the Advisory Board will help ASA outreach to important medical, scientific, and condition-based organizations in an effort to promote better access to cannabis for therapeutic uses and research.

Christopher G. Fichtner, M.D., CPE, FACPE

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Robert Melamede, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Biology
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Rick Doblin, Ph.D

President of MAPS
Boston, MA

Claudia Little, BSN, MPH

Retired Registered Nurse
San Diego, CA

Philippe Lucas

Founder/Director of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society
Founder, Canadians for Safe Access

Jahan Marcu

Researcher, cannabis synergy
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

Sara Henuber, PA-C

Licensed Physician Assistant
Southern California