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Americans for Safe Access’ Members Challenge DEA Misinformation on Cannabis

Paul Marini | December 05, 2016

Today, Americans for Safe Access, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research, filed a petition with the Department of Justice (DOJ) demanding that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) immediately update...

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ASA Files Petition with DOJ Demanding DEA Correct Misinformation About Cannabis

Steph Sherer | December 05, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC — Americans for Safe Access, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research, filed a petition with the Department of Justice (DOJ) today demanding that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

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Jeff Sessions' reefer madness

Paul Marini | December 05, 2016

By Megan Carpentier for The Week Michael Liszewski, the director of government affairs for Americans for Safe Access, however, isn't banking on Trump's campaign promises quite yet. "A lot of people are aware of the pretty good things that President-elect...

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NFL Player Seantrel Henderson Suspended for Treating Crohn's with Cannabis

Paul Marini | December 01, 2016

This week, the Buffalo Bills announced that left tackle Seantrel Henderson had been suspended for 10 games for violating the National Football League's substance abuse policy. Henderson has come out publicly to say that he has been using cannabis to treat...

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Bullock’s medical marijuana tax opposed by advocates, Republicans; growers undecided

Paul Marini | November 30, 2016

By Hunter Pauli for the Montana Standard “We understand that it may be tempting to look at the medical cannabis program as a means to help balance the budget or pay for a few new programs, but we think it’s...

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Obama Can’t Reschedule Cannabis Before He Leaves…But Can Start the Process Internationally

Paul Marini | November 30, 2016

Cannabis is currently classified as Schedule I and IV of the United Nations (UN) Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol (the “Single Convention”). This scheduling was determined based on a report created by...

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Patient Focused Certification Attracts Europe’s Top Cannabis Companies

Paul Marini | November 29, 2016

By Bill Griffin for The Marijuana Times Organisations like ICCI, PFC, ASA and their colleagues in universities and medical practices throughout Europe will make it happen in a way that ensures it is safe for consumers by coaching players in...

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Medical marijuana advocates up in arms over Jeff Sessions

Paul Marini | November 29, 2016

By Jim Rosica for Florida Politics The president-elect “needs to reassure the more than 300 million Americans living under some sort of medical cannabis law that his attorney general will honor his campaign pledge to respect state medical cannabis programs,”...

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Jeff Sessions Appointment Poses Threat To Booming Marijuana Industry

Paul Marini | November 29, 2016

By Nathan Rott for NPR's All Things Considered "We've been fighting for a long time, and definitely one presidency isn't going to stop the work that we're doing." -Steph Sherer

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PFC Review Board Member Jim Tozzi’s Role in Stopping the DEA from Classifying Drug in Schedule 1 Status

Paul Marini | November 29, 2016

Until a few months ago, few people in the US had ever heard of kratom, a tropical evergreen tree in the coffee family has been known to be used for medicinal purposes. That was until the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

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