ASA in the News

Cannabis World to DEA: Stop Delaying MED Research

Paul Marini | June 02, 2020

By Hilary Corrigan for WeedWeek Cannabis nonprofit Americans for Safe Access called for creating a new agency—the Office of Medical Cannabis Control—to oversee research program requirements and to set standards. This would potentially allow state-licensed cultivators to provide researchers with...

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'Illegal To Essential': How The Coronavirus Is Boosting The Legal Cannabis Industry

Paul Marini | April 20, 2020

By Brakkton Booker for National Public Radio Cannabis advocates argue that marijuana — which some people take for seizures, pain and nausea — is unlike virtually any other therapeutic. And access to it, whether prescribed by a doctor or not, depends...

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Majority Of Americans Agree: Pot Shops Are Essential

Paul Marini | April 01, 2020

 By A.J. Herrington for High Times “We applaud these efforts at the state level and are honored to serve governments and medical cannabis stakeholders on behalf of patients.” - Steph Sherer

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As medical marijuana dispensaries change procedures amid coronavirus panic buying, Maryland shop owners fear supply chain shortage

Paul Marini | March 30, 2020

By Taylor Deville for the Baltimore Sun “What this points out is why federal oversight is really needed. Even in this crisis, it shows we really do need something that gives medical cannabis patients consistent access to their ... medicine.”-Debbie...

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Coronavirus: Pro Cannabis Organization Says Dispensaries Are Essential, Pushes For Curbside Pickup

Paul Marini | March 25, 2020

From CBS Local DFW 21 One of the nation’s largest medical cannabis patient advocacy organizations, Americans for Safe Access is calling on the government to consider cannabis businesses and dispensaries “essential” during COVID-19-related closings.

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Cannabis Advocates Call On Governors to Protect Patients During Coronavirus

Paul Marini | March 19, 2020

By Graham Abbott for Ganjapreneur In a letter addressed to governors and medical cannabis program directors throughout the country, Americans for Safe Access has called on officials to protect cannabis patients during the alarming spread of COVID-19, or the coronavirus. The letter...

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San Francisco Pot Shops Deemed Essential Businesses, Reopen Amid Outbreak

Paul Marini | March 19, 2020

By A.J. Herrington for High Times “In light of the current state of COVID-19 and the CDC’s actions, Americans for Safe Access has been monitoring the situation to make sure that medical cannabis patients are not forgotten. We want to ensure...

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Medical marijuana card not recognized in public housing

Paul Marini | March 06, 2020

By Tom Gaser for NNY360 “It is time our federal government steps up to provide relief so that patients everywhere can medicate without fear of losing any of their civil rights and protections, including while in federal housing or healthcare...

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States turn to unenforced federal law to slow medical marijuana legalization

Paul Marini | March 04, 2020

By Emily Kopp for Roll Call The patients and providers who cultivate, process and dispense the cannabis these patients rely on in these states for the treatment of debilitating illness do not have to fear federal charges as long as...

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Berner’s new Detroit Cookies store shows that despite the emphasis on recreational marijuana, medical marijuana is still a big deal

Paul Marini | February 05, 2020

By Larry Gabriel for the Detroit Metro Times And there's still plenty of opportunity to bend your lawmakers' ears about medical marijuana. The Americans for Safe Access National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference 2020 takes place March 25-28 in Washington, D.C....

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