Day 2 from #Unity13 Social Media Roundup Paul Marini | February 24, 2013 [View the story "National Medical Cannabis Conference - Day 2 #Unity13" on Storify] Read more
Social Media Roundup - Day 1 of #Unity13 Paul Marini | February 23, 2013 [View the story "National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference #Unity13 Kick Off" on Storify] Read more
My Bumpy Road To The ASA Conference in Washington D.C. Paul Marini | February 19, 2013 I spent the last three years working as an Executive Legislative Assistant to a ranking budget chair in the Washington State Legislature, so it should come as no surprise that a trip to the Nation’s Capitol has always been high... Read more
Why I am Attending the National Unity Conference Paul Marini | February 15, 2013 Americans for Safe Access (ASA) opened the eyes of this thirty-three year law enforcement veteran. Caught in the whirlpool of drug prohibition policy, prohibitionist law enforcement folks as I once was, forget the importance of maintaining an open mind. Unfortunately,... Read more
Congressional Champions Introduce Legislation in Advance of Patient Lobbying Day Paul Marini | February 14, 2013 Today in Congress, Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Sam Farr introduced legislation that would reclassify cannabis (marijuana) for medical use and provide federal defendants the right to use state law compliance as evidence in medical marijuana trials, a right that patients... Read more
Support our POWs during this year’s Medical Marijuana Week Paul Marini | February 13, 2013 Every year during medical marijuana week, I like to sit down and consider what I’m thankful about in the medical cannabis movement. After such a turbulent year fraught with raids, bad court decisions, and friends being sent to federal prison,... Read more
Massachusetts DPH Looking for Input While Writing Regulations Paul Marini | February 07, 2013 Earlier in the week, we posted a blog from one of our Board Members, Dr. Karen Munkacy, who is working hard on making sure that implementation of Massachusetts’ medical cannabis program goes smoothly. Of course, Massachusetts scored a huge victory... Read more
Medical Marijuana Patients Missing from California Supreme Court Oral Arguments Paul Marini | February 06, 2013 In a highly-publicized and widely-watched medical marijuana case, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday on whether municipalities should be able to ban local medical marijuana distribution, an activity deemed legal under state law. For all of the controversy... Read more
Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Slowly Moving in the Right Direction Paul Marini | February 04, 2013 As most of you know, Massachusetts passed a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana (MMJ) last November 6. Although we were optimistic it would pass, we were very pleased when 63% of the voters, nearly 1.9 million people voted for... Read more
Appellate decision puts the ball in your court Paul Marini | January 22, 2013 The US appellate court in Washington, DC, denied our appeal to reschedule cannabis under federal law today, agreeing with the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) position that "adequate and well-controlled studies" on the medical efficacy of medical cannabis do not exist.... Read more