ASA in the News

Medical marijuana dispensary to open next month in Washington County

Paul Marini | May 28, 2019

By Mike Lewis for the Herald-Mail Patients of the dispensary will have free access to the Cannabis Care Certification Patient Education Program created by Americans for Safe Access Foundation.

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Coloradans can soon get medical marijuana in place of opioids

Paul Marini | May 28, 2019

By Justin Windgerter for The Denver Post Governor has signed bipartisan Senate Bill 13, which easily passed the General Assembly Colorado doctors will soon be able to recommend medical marijuana to treat any condition they’ve been prescribing painkillers for. Gov. Jared Polis...

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WSU researchers team with Puyallup tribe on medicinal cannabis research

Paul Marini | May 22, 2019

By Kip Hill for The Spokesman-Review “This medicine has grown on people telling stories of how it helped them. We’re finally at that point where we need to actually put these stories into something quantitative, and look at the numbers...

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Steph Sherer President Of ICCI Makes The Case For Medical Cannabis (Part 1)

Paul Marini | April 30, 2019

By Benjamin Liong Setiawan for Forbes Medical cannabis is an area that has many question marks for some and for others has become an essential component of their medical treatment. I sat down with Steph Sherer, the Co-Founder and President of the International Cannabis...

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Music, Food, and High Times in DC at National Cannabis Festival on 4/20

Paul Marini | April 23, 2019

By Bill Barlow for Weedmaps News David Mangone, the director of legislative affairs for the advocacy group Americans for Safe Access, added that affordability remains an issue, and proposed that insurance companies reimburse patients for medicinal cannabis to avoid costs...

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Tell the FDA WTF Is Up with CBD (As Long as You Do It Nicely)

Paul Marini | April 12, 2019

By Josh Jardine for The Stranger I wish we could sway federal policy with patient stories—and, to a degree, we can on Capitol Hill—but with a regulatory body like the FDA, they’re looking for very specific answers to very specific...

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Equity programs coming soon?

Paul Marini | April 04, 2019

Lara McCaffrey for San Diego City Beat Terrie Best, San Diego chapter chair of Americans for Safe Access (which works to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis), notes there aren’t any legal dispensaries in communities where residents have been...

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ASA Reacts To Committee Passage Of SAFE Banking Act

Paul Marini | March 29, 2019

By Johnny Green for Weed News On March 28, the House Financial Services Committee voted in favor of the Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019. The bill would create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services...

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Alabama medical marijuana bill would allow cannabis treatment for 33 conditions

Paul Marini | March 26, 2019

By Brian Lyman for the Montgomery Advertiser "I think states in the Southeast are starting to understand this is not an east coast/west coast issue, but are adapting the issue to policies and realities in their particular states.” - David...

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Victory for Cathy Jordan, ‘patron saint’ of Florida medical marijuana

Steph Sherer | March 26, 2019

By Zac Anderson for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Her confidence and persistence are big reasons patients can now smoke cannabis. Cathy Jordan had just finished dinner and was sitting in her Parrish home one evening last week when her attorney called. “He...

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