New Website Tells Why Cooley Isn't Cool Enough to be CA’s Next Attorney General

| October 29, 2010 |

ASA, your leading medical marijuana patient advocacy group, stepped up our effort to oppose Steve Cooley in his bid to become California’s next Attorney General.   Steph Sherer, ASA’s founder and executive director, has deemed the Attorney General’s race the most...

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Rove Provides A Million Reasons to Reject Cooley

| October 28, 2010 |

Hey California Voters!  Have you heard the news? A Virginia-based political action group known as the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) has invested more than $1 million to fund negative ads against Democrat candidate for Attorney General, Kamala Harris.   Here's...

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New Jersey DHSS Launches New Physician Registry for MMJ

| October 28, 2010 |

In what appears to be yet another attempt by New Jersey to create the most restrictive medical marijuana program in the country, yesterday the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services luanched the physician registry for the state's Medical Marijuana...

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ASA 2010 Election Voter Guides

| October 27, 2010 |

Access matters, and so does your vote!The mid-term election is on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, and the stakes are high for medical cannabis advocates across the nation!  It is more important than ever that we go to the polls and...

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Advocates Urged Not to Lose Sight of Marijuana's Medicinal Properties

| October 22, 2010 |

In a recent editorial published in the San Diego Tribune, Dr. Igor Grant reminds medical marijuana advocates that even with the hotly debated Proposition 19 on California's ballot this November, we have to keep our eyes on the prize. In this case, that...

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ASA Advocates Take Possession of Marijuana Plants from San Diego County Sheriff

| October 21, 2010 |

The following is a guest blog by Marcus Boyd and Eugene Davidovich, San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access.District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and her ‘fierce fight’ against medical marijuana patients suffered another devastating defeat this week. Advocates from the...

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"Impatience and frustration" in LA

| October 19, 2010 |

Special Assistant City Attorney Jane Usher told the Los Angeles Times that medical cannabis collectives in Los Angeles are experiencing "impatience and frustration” due to ongoing legal controversy surrounding the city’s tough new regulations. That may be the first thing...

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Peaceful Demonstration in Trenton, NJ Today

| October 18, 2010 |

On October 6, the NJ Department of Health released its plan for the implementation of New Jersey's medical marijuana regulations. To say these regulations are restrictive would be putting it mildly - NJ seems to be aiming for the most...

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Register to Vote

| October 15, 2010 |

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) urges everyone to register to vote on or before Monday, October 18, the deadline to register for the November mid-term elections in most states. You can get a voter registration card in most Post Offices, or...

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CA Attorney General? Not Steve Cooley!

| October 05, 2010 |

On November 2, medical cannabis patients in California will make an important choice at the polls – one that will shape the fight for safe access to medicine for years to come. I am not talking about Proposition 19, the...

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