Florida's Medical Weed Industry Is Still Screwing Over Patients Paul Marini | May 10, 2017 By Francisco Alvarado for Vice "We hope the board of health can promulgate regulations that are patient focused and provides them with program that benefits as many patients as possible." - Beth Collins Read more
Online Resource on Medical Cannabis Available Paul Marini | May 05, 2017 Clinical Oncology News “Whether or not doctors or other health care professionals have any intention of recommending medical cannabis for patient care, they all need to be well educated in this clinical area because their patients will be seeking their... Read more
Is Medical Cannabis The Cure To Our Opioid Epidemic? Paul Marini | May 02, 2017 For CBS Miami “When we look at tools to combat the opioid crisis, I think it’s amazing that medical cannabis is a tool we can use. At the heart of all of our challenges is the fact that the federal government... Read more
Themes Emerging from the 2017 Americans for Safe Access Unity Conference Paul Marini | April 28, 2017 By Chloe Detrick for Ganjapreneur “I feel that ASA is only going to continue growing as more and more states begin introducing legalization efforts. We are going to continue to get involved with state governments and assist them in ensuring... Read more
Orrick Stokes DEA Over Alleged Marijuana Misstatements Paul Marini | April 24, 2017 By Marcia Coyle for The National Law Journal A team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, representing the medical marijuana advocate Americans for Safe Access, isn’t holding its breath for federal drug enforcement officials to erase their alleged misstatements about the... Read more
Medicinal Cannabis Treatments Coming, Experts Say Paul Marini | April 24, 2017 Larger-scale research, better regulation needed By Ryan Basen for Medpage Today WASHINGTON -- Medicinal cannabis industry officials and scholars here touted potential breakthroughs to treat health problems and questioned why cannabidiol (CBD) is not mandatory for athletes to address traumatic... Read more
Ohio rules for medical pot growers bring access questions Paul Marini | April 24, 2017 By the Associated Press for Fox 8 Cleveland “The most genuine answer that anyone can give about Ohio’s program is that this has never been done before, so we don’t know if it will work, or serve patients. So patients... Read more
Marijuana industry braces for clash with Trump administration Paul Marini | April 13, 2017 By Mary Paige Nesfeder for Fox News “I think that we have a lot of new champions this year that I think are really going to push this issue and end the federal conflict once and for all,” - Steph Sherer... Read more
Medical marijuana advocates to host lobbying day Paul Marini | April 07, 2017 By Tim Devaney for The Hill Medical marijuana advocates will descend on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The advocates are in town for the National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference, which culminates in a lobbying day next week. Read more
IS CANNABIS A POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT? Paul Marini | April 03, 2017 Without Proper Testing and Training It Could Be By David Hodes for Dope Magazine “Some of the information on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) website is 30 or 40 years old,. I don’t know about your health policy, but I... Read more