ASA in the News

Cuomo signs marijuana law, says it offers balance

Paul Marini | July 07, 2014

Dan Goldberg, Capital New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday signed the Compassionate Care Act, making New York the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana.

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Public comments on proposed medical cannabis program changes flood Department of Health

Paul Marini | July 07, 2014

Peter St. Cyr, Sante Fe Reporter Hundreds of New Mexico medical marijuana patients, producers and program advocates continue to voice dissent to what could be the state's most sweeping rule changes since 2010.

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Bill Clinton voices his support of medical marijuana

Paul Marini | July 03, 2014

Megan Hamilton, Digital Journal Former president Bill Clinton has come out in favor of allowing individual states to decide whether or not to legalize marijuana, noting that there's increasing evidence that shows that medical marijuana can be beneficial for patients...

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Marijuana backers seek reforms in Ohio

Paul Marini | June 29, 2014

Marissa Medansky, Associated Press Rob Ryan isn’t shy about the medicine he said has helped him tremendously — even though it’s illegal.

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Oceanside council denies zoning for medical marijuana dispensaries

Paul Marini | June 26, 2014

Promise Yee, The Coast News After moving statements for and against medical marijuana dispensaries, City Council denied zoning on June 25.

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Historic Senate Pot Vote Imminent

Paul Marini | June 23, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle Advocacy groups like the Drug Policy Alliance, Marijuana Policy Project, and Americans for Safe Access are urging citizens to contact their Senator today as a historic vote on de-funding the war on weed nears.

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The so-called Kettle Falls Five continue to face possible prison time

Paul Marini | June 23, 2014

Steven Nelson, U.S. News & World Report Attorney General Eric Holder swooped into Spokane, Washington, without public notice Friday to visit with federal prosecutors, but his trip didn’t immediately benefit a group of indicted medical marijuana patients nicknamed the Kettle...

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Fairfax, Frederick moms lobby feds for medical marijuana for kids with epilepsy

Paul Marini | June 19, 2014

Tom Jakcman, Washington Post Beth Collins of Fairfax, one of two Northern Virginia mothers who have moved to Colorado to obtain medical marijuana oil for her daughter with epilepsy, is continuing the effort by mothers across the country to make...

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U.S. Senate to vote on defunding DOJ attacks on medical marijuana

Paul Marini | June 19, 2014

Jake Ellison, Seattle Post Intelligencer A top Republican and Democrat in the U.S. Senate have submitted an amendment to a budget bill that would restrict the Department of Justice (which prosecutes arrests made by the DEA) from using any funds...

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Medi-Pot Rules Advance in Assembly

Paul Marini | June 18, 2014

David Downs, East Bay Express California’s first statewide regulations on medical marijuana inched toward becoming law yesterday. The California Assembly’s Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee passed state Senator Lou Correa’s SB 1262 on a 10-2 vote Tuesday.

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