ASA in the News

Production is going from 46.3 pounds to 1,433 pounds – but it’s unclear where the extra pot is going

Paul Marini | August 26, 2014

Steven Nelson, US News & World Report The federal government affirmed Tuesday a large increase in the amount of marijuana it plans to grow for research this year.

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With so much support for medical marijuana, Dems could get surprising boost on the ballot. Except one big holdout

Paul Marini | August 26, 2014

Heather Digby Parton, Salon The midterm election is almost in full swing and the lies and obfuscations are coming fast and furious. Yesterday, we found out that Karl Rove’s group American Crossroads is running ads against foolish Democrats who jumped on the...

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Medical marijuana task force coming to Big Island

Paul Marini | August 20, 2014

Nancy Cook Lauer, West Hawaii Today Almost half the state’s 13,115 medical marijuana patients live on Hawaii Island, but it took a request by state Sen. Will Espero for a medical marijuana task force to schedule a public hearing here.

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5 Absurd Ways You Can Get in Trouble For Smoking Marijuana Legally

Paul Marini | August 20, 2014

Tom McKay, PolicyMic With legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington state and some form of medical marijuana available in 21 other states, you might think that you can't get into much trouble for complying with state ordinances on weed.

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How California patients use pot

Paul Marini | August 16, 2014

Michael Pollick, Herald-Tribune Steve Johnson is 28, a rapper who goes by the stage name “Young Kodak.”

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Session Over: California’s Historic Medical Pot Bill Killed

Paul Marini | August 14, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle A historic bill to create much-needed regulations for the state’s flourishing, $1.8 billion estimated medical pot industry landed in the dustbin today.

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Pot Regulation Bill Goes up in Smoke

Paul Marini | August 14, 2014

Thadeus Greenson, North Coast Journal A bill seeking to create a regulatory framework for California’s multi-billion dollar medical marijuana industry died quietly in an Assembly committee today, the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting.

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CA Pot Regs - SB 1262 - In ‘Suspense’ Until Tomorrow

Paul Marini | August 13, 2014

David Downs, East Bay Express California’s landmark regulations for its medical marijuana industry were not heard, passed, or killed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing today. Instead, Senate Bill 1262 was moved to the "suspense file" and could face a...

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USA Today Pot Ads Target NFL

Paul Marini | August 11, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle This week the country’s leading medical cannabis advocacy group Americans for Safe Access has teamed up with the wikipedia of weed Leafly to run advertisements touting the plant in USA Today’s NFL Special Edition.

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Medical marijuana: Where does the debate stand now?

Paul Marini | August 01, 2014

Editorial, via Medical News Today Currently, 23 United States (U.S.) states and DC have legalized the use of marijuana as a medical treatment. Maryland, Minnesota and New York are the most recent to join in 2014, and legislation to legalize medical marijuana...

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