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ASA Activist Newsletter - April 2019

Paul Marini | April 07, 2019

In the April 2019 issue: Unity Conference 2019 Brings Advocates to DC ASA Announces New Board of Directors Georgia Governor Gets Bill to Allow Cannabis Oil Production Committee Passes Banking Bill, STATES Act Reintroduced FDA to Hold Hearings on CBD...

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Equity programs coming soon?

Paul Marini | April 04, 2019

Lara McCaffrey for San Diego City Beat Terrie Best, San Diego chapter chair of Americans for Safe Access (which works to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis), notes there aren’t any legal dispensaries in communities where residents have been...

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Americans for Safe Access Announces New Board of Directors

Paul Marini | April 03, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has announced its new Board of Directors for 2019. The new Board of Directors convened during ASA's annual National Medical Cannabis Unity conference, which was held in Washington, DC March 18-20. The Board includes physicians, patients, researchers, industry professionals,...

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Georgia Legislature Passes Georgia’s Hope Act

Paul Marini | April 03, 2019

Contact: David Mangone | [email protected] | 202-618-6975 Georgia Poised to Allow In-State Production of Medical Cannabis Oil WASHINGTON, DC — Late in the evening of April 2, the Georgia Legislature approved a bill that would allow for the in-state cultivation...

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Diana Dodson, ASA Courage Award

William Dolphin | April 02, 2019

Diana Dodson, recipient of the 2019 ASA Courage Award, has demonstrated unyielding commitment to advocating for medical cannabis patients since before the first state law was passed.

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Lobbying in D.C. with Americans for Safe Access at the 2019 Unity Conference

Paul Marini | April 02, 2019

The Americans for Safe Access 2019 Unity Conference, themed The Price of Being a Medical Cannabis Patient, featured over a hundred patients from all over America visiting their representatives in Congress and the Senate to promote the Medical Cannabis Control...

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ASA Reacts To Committee Passage Of SAFE Banking Act

Paul Marini | March 29, 2019

By Johnny Green for Weed News On March 28, the House Financial Services Committee voted in favor of the Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019. The bill would create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services...

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House Financial Services Committee Passes SAFE Banking Act (45-15)

Paul Marini | March 28, 2019

House committee passes historic legislation to grant state-legal cannabis-related businesses and their service providers  access to financial institutions and services. Companion legislation in the Senate expected soon. WASHINGTON, DC – On March 28, the House Financial Services Committee voted in...

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Alabama medical marijuana bill would allow cannabis treatment for 33 conditions

Paul Marini | March 26, 2019

By Brian Lyman for the Montgomery Advertiser "I think states in the Southeast are starting to understand this is not an east coast/west coast issue, but are adapting the issue to policies and realities in their particular states.” - David...

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Victory for Cathy Jordan, ‘patron saint’ of Florida medical marijuana

Steph Sherer | March 26, 2019

By Zac Anderson for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Her confidence and persistence are big reasons patients can now smoke cannabis. Cathy Jordan had just finished dinner and was sitting in her Parrish home one evening last week when her attorney called. “He...

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