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. Read more
Leading From the Front: The Legacy of Jim Greig (1951-2014) Paul Marini | June 17, 2014 Steph Sherer, Huffington Post (Op-Ed) As the Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), I usually reserve this space for medical cannabis policy, but today I am writing as an organizer, a student, and a friend who is mourning. ... Read more
Minnesota Cannabis Legalization Bill Leaves Majority of Patients Out in The Cold Paul Marini | June 16, 2014 Marguerite Arnold, Main Street Minnesota, which has just passed its first medical cannabis legalization legislation into law, is already facing pushback from patients and patients' rights groups for the highly restrictive regulatory mandate. Read more
New Ad Targets GOP Congresswoman Over Opposition To Medical Marijuana Paul Marini | June 16, 2014 Matt Ferner, Huffington Post Medical marijuana advocates are on the attack in a new ad against House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) for her recent vote against an appropriations amendment to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from... Read more
Pro-marijuana group targeting Eastern Washington reps in TV ads Paul Marini | June 16, 2014 Jake Ellison, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Americans for Safe Access, a national pro-medical marijuana group, is targeting Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Congressman Doc Hastings (R-WA) in ads it says will run on MSNBC, CNN, and HLN in eastern Washington every day this week.... Read more
Read San Jose’s New Dispensary Ban…Ahem, ‘Regulations’ Paul Marini | June 12, 2014 David Downs, East Bay Express The San Jose city council will try another medical pot dispensary ban — again posing as regulations, reports indicate this week. Read more
Hillsborough Democrat wants DWS out as DNC Chair Paul Marini | June 11, 2014 Mitch Perry, Creative Loafing Since being selected to chair the Democratic National Committee a few years ago, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has received her share of criticism from certain parts of the party. In Tampa, for instance, her rigidity in aligning... Read more
Riverside Sues to Block Vote on Regulating Medical Marijuana Paul Marini | June 10, 2014 David Downs, East Bay Express Citizens of Riverside attempting to regulate dispensaries at the ballot box are facing off against an old foe — their own city council. Read more
What’s Next for Pot in Congress? Paul Marini | June 09, 2014 Emma Dumain, Roll Call Activists cheered a House vote last month to bar the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. It was a watershed moment for pro-marijuana advocates — and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle —... Read more
Medical Marijuana Ads Target Congressmen Who Oppose Legalization After Vote To Protect States’ Rights Paul Marini | June 06, 2014 Matthew Mientka, Medical Daily Medical marijuana advocates recently began targeting Congressional holdouts who still support federal intervention in states’ rights to regulate the medical use of the drug. Read more