ASA Applauds Passage of MORE Act in House Committee

• Nov 20, 2019
• Reenal Doshi

Washington, DC -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA) applauds the passage of H.R. 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act), in the House Judiciary Committee today. The act, which includes elements from several cannabis-reform bills recently put forward in Congress, would, among other things, federally deschedule and...

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ASA Creates Patient-Focused Recommendations in Light of the Vaping Crisis

• Oct 02, 2019
• Reenal Doshi

Washington, DC -- In light of the emergence of Vaping-Associated Pulmonary Illness (VAPI), which has sickened at least 805 people and killed 12, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) strongly recommends that patients and consumers stop using cannabis-containing cartridges entirely (or at least to the extent possible) until there is clarity...

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Important Update from USDA

• Feb 28, 2020
• Heather Despres

The signing of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) into law resulted in the descheduling of hemp and opened the door to the wide scale production of the crop. It also tasked the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with establishing rules and regulations around hemp...

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Patient-Focused Recommendations Regarding the Vaping Crisis

• Oct 01, 2019
• Sean Khalepari

Update 11/8/2019: The CDC has confirmed that out of 29 samples of lung fluid from affected patients all samples tested positive for Vitamin E acetate. This has led the CDC to consider Vitamin E acetate to be a "chemical of concern." Over the past two months, the Centers for Disease Control and...

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