ASA Monthly Newsletters

In The May Issue

• New ASA Partnership to Support Patients’ Rights
• Federal Government Drops Dispensary Cases
• State Dept. Says DEA Can License More to Grow Cannabis
• Patient Groups Urge DEA to Reschedule Cannabis
• State Medical Cannabis Program Developments
• California Citizen Lobby Day May 23
• ASA Activist Profile: Georgia Action Group

In this issue:

• Unity Conference Energizes Advocates
• ASA Celebrates 14^th Anniversary
• UN Hears Calls for Reform from Patients
• Senate Panel Approves Two Medical Cannabis Amendments
• CARERS Act Gets More Co-Sponsors
• Pennsylvania Enacts Medical Cannabis Law, Finally
• Lawmakers in Three States Modify Programs
• ANNIVERSARY ALERT: 50% Off Unity 2017 Registration

In this issue

• Unity 2016 to Bring Leading Experts and Advocates to DC
• Advocates Bring Patient Issues to United Nations
• Australia Passes Historic Medical Cannabis Law
• PFC Persuades Local Officials to Drop Cultivation Ban
• Pennsylvania Assembly Finally Set to Vote
• Virginia Senate Passes Bill to Allow CBD, THC-A Production
• Georgia House Approves Expanding Qualifying Conditions
• Action Alert: Join Us March 18-22 to Learn and Lobby

In this issue

• Annual ASA Report on Safe Access Finds States Improving
• Bipartisan Congressional Letter Urges VA to End Medical Cannabis Ban
• Puerto Rico to Implement Limited Medical Cannabis Program
• Voters in Florida Get Another Chance at Initiative
• CBD Found Effective in State Seizure Study
• Georgia Rep Says He Broke State Law to Bring Cannabis to Patients
• California Fixes Error that Triggered Dozens of Local Bans
• Former Chicago NFL Star Speaks Out, Governor Rejects Expansion
• ACTION ALERT: Join Us to Lobby Congress

In this issue

• Federal Legislation and Legal Action
• New Medical Cannabis Jurisdictions
• Changes to State Programs
• Research Developments
• International Developments
• ACTION ALERT: Renew Today and Recruit a Friend

In this issue:

• International Patient Coalition Seeks UN Action
• Advocates Urge Obama to Fire DEA Chief
• Senate Votes to Let VA Doctors Recommend
• Minnesota Adds Pain to Qualifying Conditions
• New York Enacts Emergency Measure
• Florida Selects Five Nurseries to Cultivate Cannabis
• More than 1,000 Apply for Maryland Licenses
• Rally in Pennsylvania Urges Lawmakers to Act
• Action Alert: Support the CARERS Act

In This Issue

• Federal Judge Lifts Injunction that Shut Dispensary
• Dispensary Report Details Benefits of Regulated Local Approach
• Scientific Society Launches Cannabis Research and Testing Group
• Think Tank Says Government Stifles Cannabis Research 
• California Medical Cannabis Regulation Bill Signed
• ACTION ALERT: Sign the Kettle Falls Pardon Petition

In This Issue:

• Kettle Falls Patients Get Federal Prison Sentences
• New Bill Takes on Asset Seizures and Cannabis Eradication
• California Regulations on Governor’s Desk
• Maryland Opens Medical Cannabis Applications
• California Passes Comprehensive Regulations
• Study Confirms Long-term Cannabis Use Is Safe
• National Medical Association Urges Rescheduling
• ACTION ALERT: Sign the Pardon Petition

In this issue

• Maryland Taps ASA to Train Cannabis Compliance Inspectors
• Quality Control Testing Evolving in States
• Clock Ticking on Regulation Bill in California
• DOJ Contradicts itself about Cannabis Enforcement
• Michigan and Colorado Reject New Conditions
• New Mexico Expanding Medical Cannabis Cultivation
• First Dispensary Licensed in Illinois
• Georgia Registering Medical Cannabis Patients
• Activist Profile: Remembering Larry Harvey
• ACTION ALERT: Register for Unity 2016 today