ASA in the News
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Philly To Host Medical Marijuana Training - Americans for Safe Access
By Paul Kurtz for CBS Philadelphia
“It comes with a foundation in core cannabis. What is it, how does cannabis work as a medicine, the conflict between state and federal law that’s required for all our training programs,”- Jahan Marcu
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Tommy Chong, Ryan Adams, other marijuana advocates react as Jeff Sessions nomination advances - Americans for Safe Access
By Brooke Edwards Staggs for the Cannifornian
“The confirmation of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General would be a five-alarm threat to the more than 2 million medical cannabis patients and 44 state medical cannabis programs across the country. Sessions is an outspoken opponent of medical cannabis — and based off his testimony before the Senate, shows no signs of softening his position. As Attorney General, Sessions would have the exclusive authority to take direct action against medical cannabis patients and programs — something deeply concerning for patients who rely on cannabis treatment.” — Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans For Safe Access
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Lawmakers have doubts that the system to license marijuana sales in California will be in place by deadline - Americans for Safe Access
By Patrick McGreevy for The Los Angeles Times
“I don’t necessarily think it’s a catastrophe if it’s not done exactly on Jan. 1, obviously we want to get it done. If it takes an extra three or four months, that would be fine. I think it’s more important to get right than to do it fast.” - Don Duncan
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Medical Marijuana in 28 States: Impact on Cancer Community - Americans for Safe Access
By Matt Mauney for Asbestos.com
“I think that the fears that this country had at the beginning of these laws proved to be unfounded,” Steph Sherer, founder and executive director of Americans For Safe Access (ASA), the nation’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, told Asbestos.com.
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Interest in medical cannabis program grows - Americans for Safe Access
By Ken Quintanilla for KUAM News
"This week Public Health announced that prior to receiving an actual permit to operate, all applicants for cultivation, manufacturing, distribution and laboratory services must first begin the process of certification from the Patient Focused Certification, a service offered by Americans for Safe Access."
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Petition demands better data on medical marijuana - Americans for Safe Access
FAIRBANKS — A legal request has also been filed with the U.S. Department of Justice, “demanding that the DEA immediately update misinformation about cannabis,” the group stated in a news release last week.
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The Perfect Storm That Could Cripple the Marijuana Industry Under Trump - Americans for Safe Access
By Will Yakowicz for Inc.
The marijuana industry is waiting to see how President Donald Trump and his administration will treat the state-regulated marijuana industry. Many entrepreneurs believe he will support states' rights, but a long-time medical marijuana lobbyist says she is "frightened" for the industry's future.
Steph Sherer, founder and executive director of Americans for Safe Access, a nonprofit that lobbies to support medical marijuana patients, told Marijuana Business Daily that she is not optimistic about the future of the marijuana industry.
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Over 100,000 Demand DEA Stop Lying About Medical Marijuana - Americans for Safe Access
By Johnny Green for Weed News
Over 100,000 people have signed an Americans for Safe Access petition on Change.org demanding that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) stop disseminating false information about medical cannabis immediately and ensure that all of their future information on medical cannabis treatment reflect medically-accurate, up-to-date facts.
View the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/president-obama-make-the-dea-tell-the-truth-about-marijuana
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Trump, Sessions + the future of the cannabis industry: Q&A with Steph Sherer - Americans for Safe Access
By John Schoyer for Marijuana Business Daily
Steph Sherer has a good read on the pulse of cannabis politics, having spent years in Washington DC lobbying on behalf of medical marijuana patients and fighting for national MJ reform as executive director of Americans for Safe Access.
With Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Friday just hours away, she’s not optimistic about what the near-term future holds for the marijuana industry.
Sherer told Marijuana Business Daily she expects Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, to conduct audits of various state laws and marijuana programs to see how well they measure up to the eight strictures outlined in the 2013 Cole Memo.
Such audits, she said, could be used as ammunition by Sessions and other anti-cannabis forces in DC to roll back much of the progress the marijuana movement has made in recent years.
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Progress on Pot Policy Could Be Undone by Trump - Americans for Safe Access
By Zack Ruskin for SFWeekly
“If the hair isn’t standing up on the back of your neck, then you’re not paying attention," says Steph Sherer, head of Americans for Safe Access.
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