ASA's Monthly Newsletters

ASA's Monthly Activist Newsletters

Our newsletters have updates, action items and other organizing news.

November 2009 Activist Newsletter
Federal Policy on Medical Cannabis Turns Corner; New Bill to Allow Medical Defense in Federal Trials; Dispensary Regulation Battle in LA
October 2009 Activist Newsletter
Collective Cultivation OK by CA Supreme Court; ASA Argues City's Dispensary Ban Illegal; CO Court Considers Distribution; Committee Balks on LA Dispensary Regulations; San Diego DA Assault
September 2009 Activist Newsletter
California Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Resolution; Maryland Cases Show Law's Flaws, Activists Say; Federal Raids Continue; HHS Solicits Proposals for Cannabis Cultivation
August 2009 Activist Newsletter
Calif. Senators Urge New Medical Marijuana Policy; ASA Wins Landmark Cultivation Ruling; Colorado Rejects Distribution Restrictions; Action Alert: Educate the Drug Czar
July 2009 Activist Newsletter
City Loses Lawsuit, Pays ASA $139,000; ASA Gets County to Issue ID Cards; Rhode Island Overrides Veto of Cannabis Distribution Bill; Calif. Senate Resolution Seeks Federal Law Change; Congress Considers Bill to Protect Patients
June 2009 Activist Newsletter
U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Medical Marijuana Law; ASA Argues Collective Rights in California Appeal; Chapter Profile: Honolulu, Hawaii; ACTION ALERT: Educate Senator Coburn!
May 2009 Activist Newsletter
ASA Suit Says Law Requires Federal Agencies To Use Sound Science; Sentencing Questions for California Provider of Medical Cannabis; ASA Chief Counsel Debates U.S. Attorney on Medical Marijuana; California Strategy Meeting a Success; ACTION ALERT
April 2009 Activist Newsletter
Medical Marijuana Advocates Get Calif. DMV Policy Change; Sentencing Delayed for Dispensary Owner; DEA Hits Licensed Medical Marijuana Dispensary in SF; ASA Affiliate Profile: MAPP
March 2009 Activist Newsletter
U.S. Attorney General Says Medical Marijuana Raids Over; Obama Urged to End Intimidation of Property Owners; Congress Asks DEA to End Monopoly on Medical Marijuana Research; Maryland Lawmaker Backs State Medical Marijuana Study
February 2009 Activist Newsletter
Calif. County Sued over Medical Marijuana IDs; ASA to Hold Obama Administration Accountable; ASA Ambassador Program Finds Volunteers
January 2009 Activist Newsletter
U.S. Supreme Court Lets State Medical Marijuana Ruling Stand; ASA's 2009 Year in Review; National Action Alert: AG Confirmation
December 2008 Activist Newsletter
ASA Sues Calif. DMV for Discriminating Against Patients; New Administration a Chance for Change on Medical Marijuana; Chapter Profile: Maryland
November 2008 Activist Newsletter
ASA Court Win on San Diego ID Cards Affirmed; Activists Protest Dispensary Owner's Conviction; ASA Joins Legal Fight Against Dispensary Bans
October 2008 Activist Newsletter
No Federal Prison for Cannabis Edible Maker; Calif. Job Rights Bill Vetoed, ASA Vows Fight; Patient Gets Cannabis Back from Police, Finally; Congress Questions DEA Medical Cannabis Tactics
September 2008 Activist Newsletter
Calif. Legislature OKs Job Rights for Patients; Calif. AG Issues Medical Cannabis Guidelines; ASA Forms Alliance with SSDP; ASA Launches Chapter Mentorship Program
August 2008 Activist Newsletter
Calif. Appellate Court Upholds Medical Marijuana Law; Federal Legal Confusion Yields Conviction; Chapter Update - Hawaii; Action Alert!
July 2008 Activist Newsletter
Student Members of AMA Endorse Access to Medical Marijuana; ASA Fights Counties’ Challenge to Calif. Medical Cannabis Law; ASA Chapter Focus: Western North Carolina; Research Update
June 2008 Activist Newsletter
Powerful Congressman Challenges DEA on Tactics; California Legislature Considering Several Medical Marijuana Measures; ASA Chapter Focus; More
May 2008 Activist Newsletter
California Medical Marijuana Employment Rights Bill Advances; Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics a Success; ASA Chapter Focus on New Jersey; National Action Alert
April 2008 Activist Newsletter
Cannabis Dispensaries Testify at Calif. Tax Hearing; Strong ASA Response to New LA Raids; Maryland Patients Get Rights Training; ASA Court Win on Return of Property Affirmed; National Action Alert