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Marijuana Group Releases ‘Robbery Preparedness Guide’ For Dispensaries Amid Spike In Thefts

Kyle Jaeger | December 23, 2021

By Kyle Jaeger for Marijuana Moment “No one wants to think about robberies and burglaries, but they are a reality for all businesses, particularly retail operators. Even if your staff or fellow employees are not talking about robberies, they are...

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Marijuana Group Helps Thousands Of California Hospitals Get Ready For Patient Access Under New Law

Kyle Jaeger | December 23, 2021

By Kyle Jaeger for Marijuana Moment “It is our hope that these resources will help healthcare facilities implement this important law for patients. In our watchdog capacity, ASA will be monitoring to assure state-wide compliance.” - Steph Sherer, ASA Founder...

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Medical Cannabis Watchdog Group Launches Campaign to Implement Ryan’s Law

Reenal Doshi | December 21, 2021

Provides Healthcare Facilities Tools to Implement, Patients and Physicians Tools to Utilize Washington, DC -- Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA)  alerted all healthcare facilities in California that SB311 or “Ryan’s Law” will go into effect on January 1, 2022...

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5 Things You Need to Know When Traveling as a Medical Cannabis Patient

Debbie Churgai | December 16, 2021

Are you allowed to travel with medical cannabis? Can you cross state lines with medical cannabis? Can you bring cannabis on a plane or train? What about a bus? While in another state, what are the rules to purchase it...

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ASA PFC Program Approved in New York as Cannabinoid Hemp GMP Certifier

Geoffrey Marshall | December 10, 2021

“GMP certification represents the next steps in standardization of the cannabis and hemp industries, and PFC is pleased to be able to provide this high-level certification to New York hemp processors.” - Heather Despres, PFC Program Director

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New Issue of the ASA Activist Newsletter is out!

William Dolphin | December 03, 2021

The latest issue of the ASA Activist Newsletter has the news you need to stay informed and be an effective advocate. Updates include important federal cannabis reforms that have been signed into law or are pending before Congress, as well...

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Chris Conrad & Mikki Norris, California

William Dolphin | December 02, 2021

The San Francisco Bay Area holds a place in history as the center of grassroots organizing that made medical cannabis legal – first in the city and county, then in the state of California and much of the rest of...

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October/November issue of Cannabis Patient Care Magazine Now Available

Debbie Churgai | November 11, 2021

We're excited to say the the October/November issue of Cannabis Patient Care Magazine is now available online. You'll want to make sure you check out the first article, my interview with Dr. Marisa Weiss. I got her thoughts on how...

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Update to our State of the States scoring

Paul Marini | November 09, 2021

The 2021 Americans for Safe Access State of the States Report, to be released next month, will feature new report card formats and scoring that highlight key areas of medical cannabis policy that affect patient needs. ASA’s updated grading rubric...

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California changed the country with weed legalization — is it high time for the feds to catch up?

| November 08, 2021

By Evan Halper for the Los Angeles Times “There is often no one available to you but a budtender to guide the treatment conversation.”Antonio Frazier, President of CannaSafe and ASA Board Member

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