ASA in the News

City Council Approves Creation Of Cannabis Licensing Commission

Paul Marini | March 24, 2017

By Julia Wick for LAist "We're really pleased that they've created the commission. I think it will work better for the city to have this distinct commission, rather than tasking already overburdened agencies with a huge new program." -  Sarah Armstrong

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Sessions rips medical marijuana

Paul Marini | March 17, 2017

By Daniel M. Jiminez for the Record-Bee “Statements like these from the Attorney General are factually inaccurate. Sessions needs to stop spreading unfounded, unscientific theories about medical marijuana and take the time to actually meet the millions of Americans that...

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Map: How do state medical marijuana laws compare? Advocates give report card

Paul Marini | March 15, 2017

By Alicia Wallace and Polly Washburn for The Cannabist The majority of U.S. states now have a medical marijuana law in place, but the laws don’t yet go far enough, a national medical marijuana patient advocacy group says. Americans for...

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Medical pot group gives California ‘B+’ on access report card

Paul Marini | March 10, 2017

By Todd R. Hansen for the Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — California, one of the original eight states to legalize medical cannabis use, received a “B+” in the 2017 annual report by Americans for Safe Access. Overall, the organization said there...

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Americans for Safe Access Grades State Medical Marijuana Laws

Paul Marini | March 10, 2017

By Carl Wellstone for Weed News Americans for Safe Access (ASA) have been at the forefront of the movement to implement sensible cannabis laws that benefit patients battling severe and debilitating medical conditions since the organization was founded in 2002....

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Higher Ground: Pot and post-fact

Paul Marini | March 01, 2017

By Larry Gabriel for the Detroit Metro Times Recently, in this era of so-called fake news and alternative facts, the organization Americans for Safe Access (ASA) struck a blow for truth in the Drug Enforcement Administration's information about marijuana.

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Sessions reviewing possible crackdown on marijuana

Paul Marini | February 28, 2017

By NBCnews for WMGT 41 Mike Liszewski, director of government affairs for the medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access, said the reassurances “provided little comfort.” “Sessions has yet to make such a commitment to respect state medical cannabis...

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Maryland marijuana dispensaries learn how to do business

Paul Marini | February 28, 2017

By George Lettis for WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore From the complicated science of cannabis to the practical issues of a business, Americans for Safe Access also trains people to deal with the legal limbo of medical marijuana.

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Sean Spicer Wrongly Links Recreational Marijuana With Opioid Crisis

Paul Marini | February 24, 2017

By Debra Borchardt for Forbes We prepared this document to help inform Congress about four important changes in the DEA’s positions on medical cannabis that could have an impact on their policy making decisions this session: cannabis is not a...

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Fact Checking the DEA

Paul Marini | February 22, 2017

By Vince Sliwoski for the Portland Mercury Was the DEA forced to remove “alternative facts” about cannabis from its website? YES! IN DECEMBER, the medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), formally requested that the federal Drug Enforcement Agency...

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