ASA in the News

Medical pot user seeking payment for dope seizure

Paul Marini | February 20, 2005

Elaine O\'Connor, Vancouver Province Pot activist Brian Carlisle had his medical marijuana seized by the Abbotsford police.

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Fee assistance offered by medical marijuana group

Paul Marini | January 24, 2005

John Zicconi , Times Argus MONTPELIER – A marijuana advocacy group on Monday began offering financial assistance to low-income Vermonters who cannot afford to register for the state's new medical-marijuana program.

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Colorado law conceals medical marijuana users

Paul Marini | August 23, 2004

Scott Schwebke, Montrose Daily Press MONTROSE - A Montrose County Sheriff's Office detective says he favors changing a state law that prohibits police from knowing ahead of time who is entitled to grow medical marijuana.

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Santa Cruz ‘bud and breakfast’ is for the mainstream, too

Paul Marini | May 31, 2004

Amy Ettinger, Santa Cruz Sentinel Breakfast at the Compassion Flower Inn isn’t always 'mellow.' When Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for The Doors, stayed there two weeks ago he argued that the minimum voting age should be raised to 35. It’s not...

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O.C. case a test for medical marijuana

Paul Marini | October 15, 2002

Zaheera Wahid, The Orange County Register , LAGUNA BEACH - Ross Embry's AIDS medication causes so much nausea, he says, that the only relief is marijuana. So the 53-year-old resident of Hagan Place, an apartment complex built for HIV patients,...

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