EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO FULFILL YOUR PLEDGE!
Success in 2026 depends on whether patient advocates are organized, visible, and ready to respond when decisions are being made in our name!
Many policy deadlines are scheduled. Many more are being discussed in state houses and in Washington D.C. What’s unknown is whether patients will be represented—in rulemakings, policymakers' offices, local media, and the public record—when policy changes are happening.
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In 2026, patients must be organized, visible, and impossible to ignore. Use the tools below to help you fulfill your pledged commitments!
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR PATIENT ADVOCATES
-Medical Cannabis Organizing in 2026 (Dec 2025): Watch the virtual gathering (webinar)
-Congressional Federal Medical Cannabis Policy Debrief 2025-2026 Read the memo.
-Understanding Trump’s Executive Order on Medical Cannabis & Cannabinoid Research: Read the article
-What Schedule III Means for Patients & Patient Advocacy: Read the article
-Healthcare Experts & Cannabis Stakeholders Clear the Smoke on Cannabis Scheduling: Watch the Webinar
-The Hemp Shockwave: What It Means for Patients & Safe Access: Watch the Webinar
-Emergency Briefing: The Minibus, Hemp & Patients: Read the press release
-2025 Federal Medical Cannabis Policy: What Changed—and What 2026 Will Mean for Patient Access: Read the article
Be ready to explain what patients need—clearly and confidently
-The Medical Cannabis & Cannabinoid Act (MCCA) Briefing Materials: Read the legislation text, factsheets, & presentations
-The Medical Cannabis & Cannabinoid Act Frequently Asked Questions: View MCCA FAQ
-Lobbying One-Pagers & Factsheets: Download resources
Make your outreach sharper, faster, and more effective
-Citizen Lobbying Guide: Start here
-Guide to Hosting an ASA House Party: Download guide
-Get Published: Letters to the Editor & Opinion Pieces: Learn how
-Tips on Tabling: Read more
Everything you need to recruit, educate, and mobilize
-Share the Medical Cannabis Action Pledge with Your Network: Share the pledge
-ASA Patient BINGO: Download
-Outreach Materials: Access materials
-Present the Medical Cannabis & Cannabinoid Act (MCCA) to like-minded organizations: Download the presentation here
-ASA Outreach shorts: Incorporate these videos into your advocacy
-ASA's Travel Guide: (also available in Spanish)
-What's in Your Cannabis: Patient's Guide to Navigating Cannabis Safety (also available in Spanish)
-Know Your Rights Cards: (also available in Spanish)
You are not alone! Here are some ways you can plug in with other ASA volunteers and organizers
-Volunteer & Pledge Meetings: RSVP for upcoming meetings
-Cannabis Businesses & Professionals Unite for National Medical Cannabis: Get involved
-Working with ASA: See other ways you can plug in
Everyone needs a little encouragement now and then
-Read ASA's Holiday Message from ASA President, Steph Sherer
-Read: "Be the Unstoppable Force: The Physics of Medical Cannabis Advocacy"
-Read: "AMPLIFY = ENERGY × FREQUENCY: Principles of Change for Medical Cannabis Advocates."
-Watch ASA's Women Who Crush series
-Watch Let's Be Blunt with Montel: The Future of Medical Cannabis with Steph Sherer
SUPPORT AMERICANS FOR SAFE ACCESS
You are NOT alone. By taking the ASA Action Pledge, you’ve joined a growing network of patients, caregivers, health professionals, and allies who are ready to show up for each other in 2026.
Every comment submitted, meeting attended, letter published, and conversation started helps move patient voices from the margins to the center of decision-making. Stay engaged and take pride in knowing that your advocacy matters!
Together, we can build the informed, unstoppable patient movement this moment demands.
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